ferrovia

See also: ferrovía

Catalan

Etymology

From ferro +‎ via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fə.ruˈβi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fə.ruˈvi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fe.roˈvi.a]

Noun

ferrovia f (plural ferrovies)

1. railway

   Synonym: via fèrria

Derived terms

• ferroviari

Further reading

• “ferrovia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ferrovia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ferrovia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fer.roˈvi.a/

Noun

ferrovia (plural ferrovias)

1. railway

Italian

Etymology

From ferro- +‎ via, a calque of German Eisenbahn.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /fer.roˈvi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: fer‧ro‧vì‧a

Noun

ferrovia f (plural ferrovie)

1. railway/railroad

Derived terms

• ferroviere

Related terms

• ferroviario

Anagrams

• favorire, forviare, forvierà

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ferrovia, calqued from German Eisenbahn. By surface analysis, ferro +‎ via.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.hoˈvi.ɐ], /fe.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [fe.hoˈvi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.hoˈvi.ɐ], /fe.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [fe.hoˈvi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.χoˈvi.ɐ], /fe.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [fe.χoˈvi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.a/ [ˌfɛ.hoˈvi.a], /fe.ʁoˈvi.a/ [fe.hoˈvi.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈvi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈvi.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈβi.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: fer‧ro‧vi‧a

Noun

ferrovia f (plural ferrovias)

1. railway (a track consisting of parallel rails)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) estrada-de-ferro, (Portugal) caminho-de-ferro, via-férrea

   Meronyms: trilho, carril, travessa, dormente

See also

• bitola
• descarrilar
• ferroviário
• trem

Further reading

• ferrovia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt