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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvoie de tramway
Pronunciation / Transliteration: vwa də tram.wɛ
"La bicyclette a glissé sur la voie de tramway."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The steel rail or parallel tracks along which a tram or streetcar runs.
"The bicycle tire got uncomfortably stuck in the slippery tram-track." - 2
A parallel arrangement resembling railway tracks, such as parallel scars or hairstyle shaved lines.
"The barber shaved precise tram-tracks into the side of the teenager's head."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'tram' (originating from Middle Low German 'trame', meaning a beam or the wooden track of a wagon) and 'track' (from Old French 'trak', meaning the track of a wheel). Established in the 19th century with the rise of urban rail transit systems, later adopted into medical and figurative slang.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tram-track" is said worldwide
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voie de tramway
Transliteration: vwa də tram.wɛ
"La bicyclette a glissé sur la voie de tramway."
Straßenbahngleis
Transliteration: ˈʃtʁaːsn̩baːnˌɡlaɪ̯s
"Das Rad ist im Straßenbahngleis hängengeblieben."
binario del tram
Transliteration: biˈnaːrjo del tram
"La ruota della bicicletta si è incastrata nel binario del tram."
vía de tranvía
Transliteration: ˈbi.a de tɾanˈbi.a
"Cuidado con resbalar en la vía de tranvía."
trilho de bonde
Transliteration: ˈtɾiʎu dʒi ˈbõdʒi
"O ciclista caiu ao atravessar o trilho de bonde."
ट्राम की पटरी
Transliteration: tram ki patri
"साइकिल का पहिया ट्राम की पटरी में फंस गया।"
有轨电车轨道
Transliteration: yǒu guǐ diàn chē guǐ dào
"自行车轮卡在了有轨电车轨道里。"
노면전차 선로
Transliteration: nomyeonjeoncha seollo
"자전거 바퀴가 노면전차 선로에 빠졌다."
路面電車の軌道
Transliteration: romen densha no kidō
"自転車の車輪が路面電車の軌道にはまった。"
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