lane

See also: Lane, laně, låne, lāñe, ľane, ļan̄e, łane, łáne, and -lane

English

Etymology

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lane, lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”).

Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophone: lain

Noun

lane (plural lanes)

1. (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.

   Penny Lane

2. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.

   There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.

3. A narrow road, as in the country.
4. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.

   Drivers should overtake in the outside lane

   We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.

   the exit lane

5. A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.

   There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.

6. Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.

   the checkout lanes in a supermarket

   a swimming lane

7. A course designated for ships or aircrafts.

   shipping lane

8. (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.

   We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.

9. (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
10. (computing) Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
11. (video games) In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
12. (horse racing) The home stretch.

    And it's Uncle Mo in front by two as they come to the top of the lane.

Synonyms

• (thoroughfare): carriageway, direction, roadway, side
• (narrow passageway): See Thesaurus:alley

Derived terms

Terms derived from lane

• ln.
• ln
• Chorlton Lane
• country lane
• crawler lane
• express lane
• Four Lane Ends
• green lane
• laned
• Lane End
• laner
• laneway
• memory lane
• New Lane
• pick a lane
• Rayners Lane
• shipping lane
• stay in one's lane
• Street Lane
• swimlane
• White Hart Lane

Translations

passageway

• Arabic: زُقَاق m (zuqāq)
• Belarusian: заву́лак m (zavúlak), але́я f (aljéja)
• Bulgarian: але́я f (aléja), у́личка f (úlička)
• Catalan: carril (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胡同 (zh) (hútòng), 里弄 (zh) (lǐnòng)

• Czech: ulička (cs) f
• Dutch: gang (nl) m, wegeltje (nl) n, laan (nl) f
• Esperanto: aleo (eo)
• Finnish: käytävä (fi), kulkuväylä (fi)
• French: chemin (fr) m, (in a town) ruelle (fr) f, allée (fr) f
• Galician: corredoira f, carreiro m, carreira f
• Georgian: შესახვევი (šesaxvevi)
• German: Gasse (de) f
• Greek: σοκάκι (el) n (sokáki), στενό (el) n (stenó)

  Ancient: λαύρα f (laúra)

• Hebrew: מִשְׁעוֹל (he) m (mish'ól)
• Hindi: गली (hi) f (galī), खोरी f (khorī)
• Hungarian: köz (hu), utcácska, mellékutca (hu)
• Irish: lána m
• Italian: passaggio (it) m, corsia (it) f
• Japanese: 路地 (ja) (ろじ, roji), 細道 (ほそみち, hosomichi)
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• Korean: 골목 (ko) (golmok)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کۆڵان (ckb) (kollan)

• Macedonian: сокак m (sokak)
• Occitan: camin (oc) m, alèia f
• Persian: کوچه (fa) (kuče)
• Polish: aleja (pl) f, alejka (pl) f, uliczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: alameda (pt)
• Romanian: uliță (ro) f
• Russian: переу́лок (ru) m (pereúlok), алле́я (ru) f (alléja), але́йка (ru) f (aléjka), у́лочка (ru) f (úločka)
• Scottish Gaelic: caol-shràid f
• Slovak: ulička f
• Spanish: camino (es)
• Thai: ซอย (th) (sɔɔi) (Thai "soi"), ตรอก (th) (dtrɔ̀ɔk), เลน (th) (leen)
• Turkish: dar yol, patika (tr)
• Ukrainian: прову́лок (uk) m (provúlok), але́я (uk) f (aléja)
• Urdu: گلی f (galī)
• Vietnamese: hẻm (vi)
• Welsh: beidr f, lôn f

a narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees

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• Galician: corredoira f
• Hungarian: átjáró (hu), sikátor (hu)

a narrow road, as in the country

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• Galician: corredoira f, carreiro m
• Hungarian: ösvény (hu), dűlő (hu), dűlőút (hu)

division of roadway

• Arabic: مَسَار m (masār)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَسَار m (masār)

• Asturian: carril f
• Bashkir: һыҙат (hıźat)
• Basque: lerro
• Bulgarian: ле́нта (bg) f (lénta)
• Catalan: carril (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車道／车道 (zh) (chēdào), 车道 (zh) (chēdào)

• Czech: pruh (cs) m, jízdní pruh m
• Danish: kørebane (da) c, vognbane (da) c
• Dutch: rijvak (nl) n, rijstrook (nl) m, baanvak (nl) n (Belgium)
• Esperanto: koridoro
• Finnish: kaista (fi)
• French: voie (fr) f
• Galician: carril m
• German: Spur (de) f
• Greek: λωρίδα (el) f (lorída)
• Hebrew: נָתִיב (he) m (natív)
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• Hungarian: sáv (hu)
• Irish: lána m
• Italian: corsia (it) f
• Japanese: 車線 (ja) (しゃせん, shasen), レーン (rēn)
• Luxembourgish: Bunn
• Macedonian: лента f (lenta)
• Malay: lorong (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjørefelt n

• Polish: pas (ruchu) m
• Portuguese: pista (pt) f (Brazil), faixa (pt) f (Brazil), via de trânsito f (Portugal)
• Russian: полоса́ (ru) f (polosá)
• Slovak: pruh m
• Spanish: carril (es) m, (Venezuela) canal (es) m
• Swedish: fil (sv) c, körfält (sv) n
• Turkish: şerit (tr)
• Ukrainian: сму́га ру́ху f (smúha rúxu)
• Vietnamese: làn đường, làn xe, phần đường

division of racetrack

• Bulgarian: коридо́р (bg) m (koridór)
• Catalan: carrer (ca) m
• Czech: dráha (cs) f, závodní dráha f
• Dutch: rijvak (nl) n, rijstrook (nl) m
• Finnish: rata (fi)
• Hebrew: נָתִיב (he) m (natív)
• Hungarian: sáv (hu), pálya (hu), futópálya (hu)
• Italian: corsia (it) f
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• Polish: dróżka (pl) f
• Portuguese: raia (pt) f
• Russian: доро́жка (ru) f (doróžka)
• Slovak: dráha (sk)
• Spanish: calle (es)
• Swedish: spår (sv) n
• Tamil: தடம் (ta) (taṭam)
• Turkish: kulvar (tr)
• Vietnamese: phần đường

any of a number of parallel tracks or passages

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• Hungarian: sáv (hu), sor (hu)

course for ships or aircraft

• Bulgarian: трасе́ n (trasé)
• Czech: trasa (cs) f
• Finnish: väylä (fi), reitti (fi)
• French: (for aircraft) couloir aérien m, couloir (fr) m
• German: Spur (de) f, Route (de) f
• Hebrew: נָתִיב (he) m (natív)
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• Hungarian: útvonal (hu)
• Italian: corsia (it) f
• Japanese: 規定航路 (きていこうろ, kiteikōro)
• Russian: тра́сса (ru) f (trássa)
• Spanish: carrera (es) f
• Turkish: (aviation) hava yolu (tr), (maritime) su yolu (tr)

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Translations to be checked

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Further reading

• “lane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “lane”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “lane”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Alne, ELAN, Lean, Lena, Nale, Neal, elan, enal, lean, nale, neal, élan

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

lane f

1. wool

Related terms

• lanarûl
• lanôs

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French l’année (“the year”).

Noun

lane

1. year

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Italian

Noun

lane f

1. plural of lana

Anagrams

• ENAL, lena

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛdn]

Adjective

lane

1. full

   T’eh lane dy chreeaght.

   He is full of confidence.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• lone

Etymology

From Old English lanu, from Proto-West Germanic *lanu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːn(ə)/

Noun

lane (plural lanes)

1. a narrow way

Descendants

• English: lane
• Scots: lone
• Yola: laane

References

• “lāne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lana (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From the noun lan (“LAN (party)”) +‎ -e.

Verb

lane (present tense lanar, past tense lana, past participle lana, passive infinitive lanast, present participle lanande, imperative lane/lan)

1. to attend or host a LAN party

Anagrams

• alen, alne, lena, Lena, la-en

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.nɛ/
• Rhymes: -anɛ
• Syllabification: la‧ne

Participle

lane

1. inflection of lany:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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Scots

Etymology

See lone.

Adjective

lane (not comparable)

1. alone

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *olnę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâne/
• Hyphenation: la‧ne

Noun

lȁne n (Cyrillic spelling ла̏не)

1. fawn
2. an affectionate term, dear child

Declension

Declension of lane

	singular	plural
nominative	lȁne	lanad
genitive	laneta	lȁnādī
dative	lanetu	lanadi
accusative	lane	lanad
vocative	lane	lanadi
locative	lanetu	lanadi
instrumental	lanetom	lanađu / lanadi

Etymology 2

Same as lȃni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǎːne/
• Hyphenation: la‧ne

Adverb

láne (Cyrillic spelling ла́не)

1. last year