tunel

See also: túnel, tùnel, and tünel

Czech

Etymology

Derived from English tunnel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtunɛl]

• Audio:

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Noun

tunel m inan

1. tunnel

Declension

Declension of tunel (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tunel	tunely
genitive	tunelu	tunelů
dative	tunelu	tunelům
accusative	tunel	tunely
vocative	tunele	tunely
locative	tunelu	tunelech
instrumental	tunelem	tunely

Further reading

• “tunel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tunnel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nɛl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -unɛl
• Syllabification: tu‧nel

Noun

tunel m inan

1. tunnel (underground or underwater passage)
2. (mining) tunnel (level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach)
3. (computing) tunnel

Declension

Declension of tunel

	singular	plural
nominative	tunel	tunele
genitive	tunelu	tuneli
dative	tunelowi	tunelom
accusative	tunel	tunele
instrumental	tunelem	tunelami
locative	tunelu	tunelach
vocative	tunelu	tunele

Derived terms

adjective

• tunelowy

noun phrases

• tunel aerodynamiczny
• tunel chłodniczy
• tunel foliowy
• tunel hydrotechniczny
• tunel powietrzny

Further reading

• tunel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tunel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tunnel.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

tunel n (plural tuneluri or tunele)

1. tunnel

Declension

Declension of tunel

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tunel	tunelul		tuneluri	tunelurile
genitive-dative	tunel	tunelului		tuneluri	tunelurilor
vocative	tunelule			tunelurilor

Declension of tunel

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tunel	tunelul		tunele	tunelele
genitive-dative	tunel	tunelului		tunele	tunelelor
vocative	tunelule			tunelelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English tunnel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǔneːl/
• Hyphenation: tu‧nel

Noun

tùnēl m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀не̄л)

1. tunnel

Declension

Declension of tunel

	singular	plural
nominative	tùnēl	tuneli
genitive	tunéla	tunela
dative	tunelu	tunelima
accusative	tunel	tunele
vocative	tunele	tuneli
locative	tunelu	tunelima
instrumental	tunelom	tunelima

References

• “tunel”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025