conduit

See also: conduït

English

Alternate Forms

• (obsolete) cundite

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus.

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
• 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
• 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

• 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

• 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