bypass

== English == === Alternative forms === by-pass === Etymology === From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- +‎ pass. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪpæs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪpɑːs/ Hyphenation: by‧pass === Noun === bypass (plural bypasses) A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district. A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides). The act of going past or around. A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture. An electrical shunt. (medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bypass (third-person singular simple present bypasses, present participle bypassing, simple past and past participle bypassed) To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass. To ignore the usual channels or procedures. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === References === === Anagrams === pass by == Basque == === Etymology === From English bypass. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bai̯pas̺/ [bai̯.pas̺] Rhymes: -ai̯pas̺, -as̺ === Noun === bypass inan (medicine) bypass ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bypass”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bypass. === Noun === bypass m bypass ==== Derived terms ==== bypassare (verb) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bypass. === Pronunciation === (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbaj.ˈpɛs/ === Noun === bypass m (plural bypasses or bypass) (medicine) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ) Synonym: ponte === Further reading === “bypass”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bypass. === Noun === bypass n (plural bypassuri) (medicine) bypass ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === baipás === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bypass. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaipas/ [ˈbai̯.pas] Rhymes: -aipas === Noun === bypass m (plural bypass) bypass ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “bypass”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025