From rail + way .
railway (plural railways )
( chiefly UK , Ireland and Commonwealth ) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods .
1918 , W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell , chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp , Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company , →OCLC :That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
( chiefly UK , Ireland , Philippines and Commonwealth ) A track , consisting of parallel rails , over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
2012 , Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube , Profile Books, →ISBN , pages 14–15 :His interest in railways is not the quality that marks Pearson out. Everyone was interested in railways . Over a thousand miles of them opened between 1837 and 1845, most of what would become the national network. [...] You needed an Act of Parliament to build a railway ; but that wasn't very hard to obtain if you could give the appearance of adequately funded competence.
track, consisting of parallel rails
Abkhaz: аиҳаамҩа ( ajḥaamjʷa )
Afrikaans: spoorweg (af)
Arabic: سِكَّة حَدِيدِيَّة f ( sikka ḥadīdiyya ) , سِكَّة الْحَدِيد f ( sikkat al-ḥadīd )
Armenian: երկաթուղի (hy) ( erkatʻuġi )
Azerbaijani: dəmiryol
Belarusian: каляя́ f ( kaljajá ) , чыгу́начны пуць m ( čyhúnačny pucʹ )
Bulgarian: железопъ́тна ли́ния f ( železopǎ́tna línija ) , ре́лсов път m ( rélsov pǎt )
Chechen: эчиг некъ ( ečig neqʼ )
Cherokee: ᏔᎷᎩᏍᎩ ᏅᏃᎯ ( talugisgi nvnohi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鐵路 / 铁路 ( tit3 lou6 ) , 火車路 / 火车路 ( fo2 ce1 lou6 )
Hakka: 鐵路 / 铁路 ( thiet-lu ) , 火車路 / 火车路 ( fó-chhâ-lu )
Hokkien: 鐵枝路 / 铁枝路 (zh-min-nan) ( thih-ki-lō͘ )
Mandarin: 鐵路 / 铁路 (zh) ( tiělù ) , 鐵道 / 铁道 (zh) ( tiědào ) , 火車道 / 火车道 (zh) ( huǒchēdào )
Northern Min: 火車墿 / 火车𰉣 ( hǒ-chiá-diō̤ ) , 鐵墿 / 铁𰉣 ( tiĕ-diō̤ )
Wu: 鐵路 / 铁路
Czech: kolej (cs) f , železnice (cs) f , trať (cs) f
Danish: jernbane (da) c
Dutch: spoorweg (nl) m , ijzerenweg m , ijzerbaan f
Esperanto: fervojo (eo)
Estonian: raudtee (et)
Farefare: zirgabãŋa
Faroese: jarnbreyt f
Finnish: rata (fi) , junarata (fi) , rautatie (fi)
French: chemin de fer (fr) m , réseau ferroviaire m , voie ferrée (fr) f
Galician: vía férrea f , camiño de ferro m
Georgian: ლიანდაგი ( liandagi )
German: Eisenbahnlinie (de) f , Gleis (de) n
Greek: σιδηρόδρομος (el) m ( sidiródromos )
Hawaiian: alahao
Hebrew: מסילת ברזל \ מְסִלַּת בַּרְזֶל (he) f ( m'silát barzél )
Hungarian: sín (hu) , vasút (hu) , vasútvonal (hu)
Icelandic: járnbraut (is) f , lestarspor n , járnbani m , járngata
Indonesian: rel (id)
Ingrian: rautatee
Interlingua: ferrovia
Irish: bóthar iarainn m , iarnród m
Italian: binario (it) m , rotaia (it) f , strada ferrata f , ferrovia (it) f
Japanese: 線路 (ja) ( せんろ, senro )
Korean: 철도(鐵道) (ko) ( cheoldo ) , 선로(線路) (ko) ( seollo )
Latvian: dzelzceļš m
Macedonian: пру́га f ( prúga ) , желе́зница f ( želéznica )
Malay: jalur kereta api
Maori: rerewē , ara rerewē
Maranao: rilis
Mari:
Eastern Mari: кӱртньыгорно ( kürtńygorno )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: төмөр зам (mn) ( tömör zam )
Navajo: béésh bitiin , kǫʼ naʼałbąąsii bitiin
Norman: c'mîn d'fé m
North Frisian: Iirsenbaan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jernbane (no) m
Nynorsk: jernbane m or f , jarnbane m or f
Ojibwe: (please verify ) ishkodewidaabaanikana
Ottoman Turkish: دمیر یولی ( demir yolu ) , شمندوفر ( şimendifer )
Plautdietsch: Bon f , Iesabon f
Polish: kolej (pl) f , linia kolejowa (pl) f
Portuguese: ferrovia (pt) f , via-férrea f , caminhos-de-ferro , estrada-de-ferro f
Romanian: cale ferată (ro) f , rețea feroviară f
Russian: желе́зная доро́га (ru) f ( želéznaja doróga ) , колея́ (ru) f ( kolejá ) , железнодоро́жный путь m ( železnodoróžnyj putʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: rathad-iarainn m
Serbo-Croatian: pruga (sh)
Cyrillic: жѐлезница f , жѐљезница f
Roman: žèleznica f , žèljeznica (sh) f
Slovak: železnica f , koľaj f , trať f
Spanish: vía férrea f , ferrocarril (es) m , ( Latin America ) riel (es) m , ( Spain ) vía (es) f
Sranan Tongo: lokopasi
Swedish: järnväg (sv) c , järnvägsspår (sv) n , räls (sv) c
Tagalog: perokaril , daang-bakal
Tibetan: ལྕགས་ལམ ( lcags lam )
Turkish: demir yolu (tr) , şimendifer (tr)
Ukrainian: ко́лія f ( kólija ) , залізни́чна ко́лія f ( zaliznýčna kólija )
Vietnamese: đường sắt (vi)
Vilamovian: ban
Welsh: rheilffordd
West Frisian: spoarwei c
Yoruba: ọ̀nà ojú irin , rélùwéè
transport system using these rails
Abkhaz: аиҳаамҩа ( ajḥaamjʷa )
Albanian: hekurudhë (sq) f
Arabic: سِكَّة حَدِيدِيَّة f ( sikka ḥadīdiyya ) , سِكَّة حَدِيد f ( sikkat ḥadīd )
Egyptian Arabic: سكة حديد f ( sikkat ḥadīd )
Armenian: երկաթուղի (hy) ( erkatʻuġi )
Azerbaijani: dəmir yolu
Basque: burdinbide
Belarusian: жале́зная даро́га f ( žaljéznaja daróha ) , чыгу́нка f ( čyhúnka )
Bengali: রেলপথ (bn) ( relpoth )
Bulgarian: желе́зница (bg) f ( želéznica )
Burmese: သံလမ်း (my) ( samlam: ) , မီးရထား (my) ( mi:ra.hta: )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鐵路 / 铁路 ( tit3 lou6 ) , 火車路 / 火车路 ( fo2 ce1 lou6 )
Eastern Min: 鐵路 / 铁路 ( tiék-diô / tiék-lô ) , 鐵墿 / 铁𰉣 ( tiék-diô )
Gan: 鐵路 / 铁路 ( tiet6 lu5 )
Hakka: 鐵路 / 铁路 ( thiet-lu ) , 火車路 / 火车路 ( fó-chhâ-lu )
Hokkien: 鐵枝路 / 铁枝路 (zh-min-nan) ( thih-ki-lō͘ ) , 鐵道 / 铁道 (zh-min-nan) ( thih-tō )
Jin: 鐵路 / 铁路 ( tieh4 lou3 ) , 鐵道 / 铁道 ( tieh4 dau3 )
Mandarin: 鐵路 / 铁路 (zh) ( tiělù ) , 鐵道 / 铁道 (zh) ( tiědào ) , 火車道 / 火车道 (zh) ( huǒchēdào )
Northern Min: 火車墿 / 火车𰉣 ( hǒ-chiá-diō̤ ) , 鐵墿 / 铁𰉣 ( tiĕ-diō̤ )
Wu: 鐵路 / 铁路
Crimean Tatar: demiryol
Czech: železnice (cs) f
Danish: jernbane (da) c
Dutch: spoorwegen (nl) pl
Esperanto: fervojo (eo)
Estonian: raudtee (et)
Farefare: zirgabãŋa
Finnish: rautatie (fi) , rautatiet (fi) pl
French: chemin de fer (fr) m
Galician: ferrocarril m
Georgian: რკინიგზა ( rḳinigza )
German: Eisenbahn (de) f , Bahn (de) f
Greek: σιδηρόδρομος (el) m ( sidiródromos )
Hawaiian: alahao
Hebrew: מסילת ברזל \ מְסִלַּת בַּרְזֶל (he) f ( m'silát barzél ) , מסילת רכבת f ( m'silát rakévet )
Hindi: रेलवे (hi) m or f ( relve )
Hungarian: vasút (hu)
Icelandic: járnbraut (is) f
Indonesian: jalur kereta api
Ingrian: rautatee
Irish: iarnród m
Italian: ferrovia (it) f
Japanese: 鉄道 (ja) ( てつどう, tetsudō )
Javanese: sepur (jv)
Kazakh: темір жол ( temır jol )
Khmer: ផ្លូវដែក ( phləw daek ) , អយបថ ( ʼaʼyĕəʼbɑt ) , អយស្ម័យយាន ( ʼaʼyahsmayyiən )
Korean: 철도(鐵道) (ko) ( cheoldo )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: rêasin (ku)
Kyrgyz: темир жол ( temir jol )
Lao: ທາງລົດໄຟ ( thāng lot fai ) , ລົດໄຟ (lo) ( lot fai )
Latin: ferrivia f
Latvian: dzelzceļš m
Lithuanian: geležinkelis m
Luxembourgish: Eisebunn f
Macedonian: желе́зница f ( želéznica )
Malay: jalur kereta api
Maori: rerewē
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: төмөр зам (mn) ( tömör zam )
Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ ᠵᠠᠮ ( temür ǰam )
Navajo: béésh ńtʼiʼ , béésh bitiin
Norman: c'mîn d'fé m
Northern Sami: ruovdemáđii , ruovdegeaidnu , ruovdeluodda
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jernbane (no) m
Nynorsk: jarnbane m or f , jernbane m or f
Ojibwe: (please verify ) ishkodewidaabaan , (please verify ) mashkodewidaabaan
Ossetian: ӕфсӕнвӕндаг ( æfsænvændag )
Pashto: اوسپنليکه f ( ospənlika ) , خط آهن m ( xte āhan )
Persian:
Dari: رَاهآهَن (fa) ( rāh-āhan ) , رِیل (fa) ( rīl )
Iranian Persian: راهآهَن (fa) ( râh-âhan )
Polish: kolej (pl) f , kolej żelazna f
Portuguese: ferrovia (pt)
Romanian: căi ferate f pl
Russian: желе́зная доро́га (ru) f ( želéznaja doróga )
Scottish Gaelic: rèile f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жѐлезница f , жѐљезница f
Roman: žèleznica f , žèljeznica (sh) f
Slovak: železnica f , železničná trať f
Slovene: železniško n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zeleznica f
Southern Altai: темир јол ( temir ǰol )
Spanish: ferrocarril (es) m
Sranan Tongo: lokopasi
Swedish: järnväg (sv) c
Tagalog: daang-bakal
Tajik: роҳи оҳан ( roh-i ohan ) , роҳ оҳан ( roh ohan )
Tatar: тимер юл ( timer yul )
Telugu: రైల్వే ( railvē )
Thai: การรถไฟ ( gaan-rót-fai ) , รถไฟ (th) ( rót-fai )
Tibetan: ལྕགས་ལམ ( lcags lam )
Turkish: demir yolu (tr) , şimendifer (tr)
Turkmen: demir ýoly
Ukrainian: залізни́ця f ( zaliznýcja )
Urdu: ریلْوے m or f ( relve ) , راہ آہَن f ( rāh āhan ) , راہِ آہَن f ( rāh-i āhan )
Uyghur: تۆمۈر يول ( tömür yol )
Uzbek: temir yoʻl (uz)
Vietnamese: đường sắt (vi) , đường ray (vi)
Welsh: rheilffordd
West Frisian: spoarwei c
Yakut: тимир суол ( timir suol )
Yiddish: אײַזנבאַן f ( ayznban )
Yoruba: rélùwéè
Translations to be checked
railway m (plural railways )
( Anglicism ) railway
Synonym: chemin de fer