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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmanœuvre
Pronunciation / Transliteration: manœvr
"La manœuvre des wagons prend beaucoup de temps."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The process of moving railway carriages or wagons from one track to another to switch or assemble trains.
"The loud noise of shunting echoed through the rail yard late into the night." - 2
In medicine or engineering, the redirection of fluid or electricity from one pathway to another.
"Cardiac shunting allows blood to flow directly from one part of the heart to another, bypassing the lungs."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb shunt, originating in the late 16th century in Middle English meaning 'to push aside' or 'avoid', likely related to the dialectal word 'scunten' (to flinch or start aside). By the 19th century, with the advent of railways, the term specialized to describe the switching of trains from one track to another.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Shunting" is said worldwide
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manœuvre
Transliteration: manœvr
"La manœuvre des wagons prend beaucoup de temps."
Rangieren
Transliteration: rangieren
"Das Rangieren der Züge erfordert große Präzision."
manovra
Transliteration: manovra
"Le operazioni di manovra ferroviaria sono pericolose."
maniobra
Transliteration: maniobra
"La maniobra de los vagones se realiza en la estación."
manobra
Transliteration: manobra
"O serviço de manobra ferroviária é complexo."
शंटिंग
Transliteration: shanting
"रेलवे स्टेशन पर डिब्बों की शंटिंग हो रही है।"
调车
Transliteration: diào chē
"这列火车正在进行调车作业。"
입환
Transliteration: iphwan
"역 구내에서 열차의 입환 작업이 진행 중이다."
入換
Transliteration: irekae
"操車場での列車の入換作業が行われている。"
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