conduit

See also: conduït

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) cundite

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒndjʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɑndɪt/

Noun

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. A means by which something is transmitted.
4. (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.

Derived terms

• conduit bender

Translations

pipe or channel for conveying water

• Bulgarian: тръба (bg) f (trǎba), тръбопровод (bg) m (trǎboprovod)
• Catalan: conducte m
• Dutch: buis (nl), leiding (nl)
• Finnish: vesijohto (fi), johto (fi)
• German: Kanal (de) m, Leitung (de) f, Leitungsrohr n, Rohr (de) n, Rohrleitung (de) f, Wasserleitung (de) f, Wasserrohr (de) n, Leitungsrohr n, Aquädukt (de) n, Gerinne n, Röhre (de) f, Leitung (de) f
• Italian: condotto (it) m

• Latin: canālis (la) m
• Russian: водово́д (ru) (vodovód)
• Spanish: conducto (es) m
• Swedish: vattenledningsrör
• Turkish: boru hattı (tr), kanal (tr)

duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled

• Dutch: pijp (nl)
• Finnish: asennusputki (tube), kaapelikanava (fi) (duct), roilo (groove)
• German: Isolierrohr n, Kabelkanal (de) m, Leerrohr n, Leitkanal m, Leitungsrohr n, Leitungsröhre f, Führungsrohr n, Führungskanal m, Installationsrohr n, Installationskanal m, Elektroinstallationsrohr n, Leitungskanal m, Wellschlauch m, Wellrohr n, Panzerrohr n, Kabelrohr n
• Italian: condotto (it) m

• Portuguese: conduíte
• Russian: кабель-канал (ru) (kabelʹ-kanal)
• Swedish: ledning (sv)
• Turkish: elektrik borusu, elektrik tesisat borusu, kablo kanalı

A means by which something is transmitted

• Dutch: kanaal (nl)
• French: canal (fr) m
• German: Führung (de) f, Übertragungsweg m, Leitkanal m, Verbindungslinie f, Verbindung (de) f

• Russian: проводни́к (ru) (provodník)
• Swedish: kanal (sv)

Anagrams

• duction, noctuid

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɥi/
• Rhymes: -ɥi

Noun

conduit m (plural conduits)

1. conduit (connecting pipe/channel)

Verb

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

1. past participle of conduire

Verb

conduit

1. third-person singular present indicative of conduire