🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

pipeline

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pipeline

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pipeline/ˈpaɪp.laɪn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le pipeline transporte le gaz à travers le pays."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A long tube through which liquids or gases can flow.

    "The oil pipeline runs across several states."
  2. 2

    A series of processes or stages through which something passes.

    "The project is still in the pipeline and will be completed next year."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'pipeline' originates from the combination of 'pipe' and 'line', with 'pipe' deriving from the Latin 'pipa' meaning 'pipe' and 'line' from the Latin 'linea' meaning 'line'. It began to be used in the mid-19th century to refer to a system for transporting fluids.

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