carril

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus (“chariot”), with influence from carrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəˈril]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈril]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

carril m (plural carrils)

1. lane, track
2. rail (the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad)

   Synonyms: rail, riell

Derived terms

• carril bici
• carrilada
• carrilaire
• descarrilar
• encarrilar
• ferrocarril

Related terms

• carro

Further reading

• “carril”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “carril” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “carril”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

From carro +‎ -il, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus, with influence from carrus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁiw/ [kaˈhiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁiw/ [kaˈhiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁiw/ [kaˈχiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁil/ [kɐˈʁiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁil/ [kɐˈʁiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁi.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: car‧ril

Noun

carril m (plural carris)

1. rail (the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad)

   Synonyms: calha, trilho

Derived terms

• descarrilar

Related terms

• carro

Further reading

• “carril”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “carril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós

Proto-Italic *korzos

Latin currus

Proto-Indo-European *-elis

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -ilis

Latin -īlis

Late Latin currīlis

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Latin carrusinflu.

Vulgar Latin *carrīlis

Old Spanish carril

Spanish carril

Inherited from Old Spanish carril, from Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, an alteration of Late Latin currīlis with influence of carrus. Equivalent to carro +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈril/ [kaˈril]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: ca‧rril

Noun

carril m (plural carriles)

1. lane (a lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles)

   Synonym: (Venezuela) canal

2. track
3. rail

   Synonyms: raíl, rail, riel

4. lane (in sports such as horse racing, swimming, track, etc.)

   Synonym: calle

Derived terms

• carril bici
• carril bus
• carril de aceleración

Related terms

• acarrillar
• autocarril
• carrilada
• carrilero
• carrillo
• carro
• carruaje
• descarrilar
• encarrilar
• ferrocarril

Further reading

• “carril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025