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conduit

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See also: conduït

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndʒʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndɪt/, (obsolete) /ˈkʌndɪt/[1]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɑndɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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conduit (plural conduits)

  1. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
  2. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
  3. (figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.
    The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
    • 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian[2]:
      Francis, by contrast, was at pains to listen and act, going so far in 2023 as to call a curiously named synod on synodality in his anxiety to make the process work better as a conduit between the centre and the outposts of his global church.
  4. (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.

Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 3.442, page 85.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French conduit (noun, past participle) from Latin conductus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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conduit m (plural conduits)

  1. conduit (connecting pipe/channel)
  2. a conductus

Participle

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conduit (feminine conduite, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduites)

  1. past participle of conduire

Verb

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conduit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of conduire

Further reading

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Occitan

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Adjective

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conduit m (feminine singular conduita, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduitas)

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Noun

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conduit m (plural conduits)

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Participle

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conduit m (feminine conduita, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduitas)

  1. past participle of conduire

Further reading

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