underpass

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ pass.

Noun

underpass (plural underpasses)

1. A passage that crosses a road, railroad or similar obstacle in a tunnel underneath it.

   Synonyms: (UK) subway, flyunder

   • 1980, “Underpass”, in Metamatic, performed by John Foxx:

     Underpass / Underpass / Over all the bridges / Echoes in rows / Talking at the same time / Click click drone

   • 1986, “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”, in The Queen Is Dead, performed by The Smiths:

     And in the darkened underpass / I thought oh God, my chance has come at last / But then a strange fear gripped me and I just couldn't ask

Related terms

• flyover
• overpass
• dive-under

Translations

passage

• Arabic: نَفَق مُشَاة m (nafaq mušāh)
• Belarusian: падзе́мны перахо́д m (padzjémny pjeraxód)
• Bulgarian: по́длез (bg) m (pódlez)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地下通道 (zh) (dìxià tōngdào), 地下道 (zh) (dìxiàdào)

• Czech: podchod m
• Estonian: jalakäijate tunnel
• Finnish: alikulkutunneli, alikäytävä (fi), alikulku (fi)
• French: passage souterrain (fr) m, souterrain (fr) m
• Georgian: მიწისქვეშა გადასასვლელი (mic̣iskveša gadasasvleli)
• German: Unterführung (de) f
• Hungarian: aluljáró (hu)
• Italian: sottopassaggio (it)
• Japanese: 地下道 (ja) (ちかどう, chikadō)
• Korean: 토끼굴 (tokkigul), 지하도(地下道) (ko) (jihado)
• Macedonian: по́двозник m (pódvoznik)
• Malay: jabanah
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: زیرْگُذَر (fa) (zirgozar)

• Polish: przejście podziemne (pl) n
• Portuguese: passagem subterrânea f
• Russian: подзе́мный перехо́д m (podzémnyj perexód), подзе́мный ход m (podzémnyj xod)
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-rathad m, fo-shlighe f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀тходнӣк m, по̀двожња̄к m

  Roman: pòthodnīk (sh) m, pòdvožnjāk (sh) m

• Slovak: podchod m
• Spanish: paso inferior m
• Swedish: undergång (sv)
• Tagalog: daan-silong
• Ukrainian: підзе́мний перехі́д m (pidzémnyj perexíd)