interchange

See also: interchangé

English

Etymology

From Old French entrechange

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪndʒ

Verb

• enPR: ĭntə(r)chānj', IPA^(key): /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈtʃeɪndʒ/
• enPR: ĭntərchānj', IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˈtʃeɪndʒ/

Noun

• enPR: ĭn'tə(r)chānj, IPA^(key): /ˈɪntə(ɹ).tʃeɪndʒ/
• enPR: ĭn'tərchānj, IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɚtʃeɪndʒ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to switch (each of two things)

   to interchange places

2. (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
   • Shakespeare

     I shall interchange / My waned state for Henry's regal crown.

3. (intransitive) to swap or change places
4. (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary

   to interchange cares with pleasures

5. (transport) To act as an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 274:

     But those 13 miles go through central London, and where the Underground interchanges with Crossrail, its own stations will be boosted and glamorised, especially at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road.

Synonyms

• (to switch each of two things): exchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
• (to mutually give and receive something): exchange, trade; See also Thesaurus:trade
• (to change places):
• (to alternate): See also Thesaurus:alternate or Thesaurus:mix

Translations

to switch

• Bulgarian: сменям (bg) (smenjam)
• Portuguese: trocar (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: intercambiar (es), reemplazar (es)

to swap

• Bulgarian: разменям (bg) (razmenjam)
• Spanish: intercambiar (es), reemplazar (es)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to alternate

• Bulgarian: редувам (bg) (reduvam)
• Portuguese: alternar (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Noun

interchange (countable and uncountable, plural interchanges)

1. An act of interchanging.
   • 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     That was one of three superb saves Hennessey made in the opening 45 minutes, the best of which was from Dzeko, who had been released by a slick interchange involving Silva and Sergio Aguero.

2. A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
3. (rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.

   Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines

Usage notes

Generally the rail transport sense of "interchange" applies to connections within the same station, or from two close-by stations. Sometimes, especially within the context of public transport in London, "interchange" is restricted to within-station connections only with outerchange used for those that involve leaving the station.

Antonyms

• (rail transport): outerchange (in some contexts only, see usage notes)

Derived terms

• electronic data interchange
• transport interchange

Translations

act of interchanging

• Bulgarian: смяна (bg) f (smjana), размяна (bg) f (razmjana)
• Finnish: vaihto (fi)
• Russian: взаимозаме́на (ru) f (vzaimozaména), обме́н (ru) m (obmén), чередова́ние (ru) n (čeredovánije)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: intercambio (es) m, intercambios (es) pl
• Tagalog: panawiran

highway junction

• Bulgarian: детелина f (detelina)
• Czech: mimoúrovňová křižovatka f
• Finnish: eritasoliittymä (fi)
• French: échangeur autoroutier m
• Hebrew: מֶחְלָף (he) m (mekhláf)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: インターチェンジ (intāchenji), (abbreviation) インター (ja) (intā)
• Polish: węzel m
• Portuguese: trevo rodoviário m
• Russian: у́зел (ru) m (úzel)

rail transport: connection btw two or more lines, services or modes of transport

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交換／交换 (zh) (jiāohuàn), 交换 (zh) (jiāohuàn), 轉車／转车 (zh) (zhuǎnchē), 转车 (zh) (zhuǎnchē), 倒車／倒车 (zh), 倒车 (zh) (dǎochē)

• Finnish: vaihto (fi); risteysasema
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 乗換駅 (のりかええき, norikae'eki), 接続駅 (せつぞくえき, setsuzokueki)
• Russian: переса́дка (ru) f (peresádka), развя́зка (ru) f (razvjázka)
• Spanish: transbordo (es) m, transbordos (es) pl