tramway

== English == === Etymology === From tram + way. === Noun === tramway (plural tramways) (chiefly UK, Ireland) The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs. (US) The system of cables that supports a cable car. (Victoria, formal) A lane of a road or street, in which tram tracks are embedded, that is (in normal circumstances) for the exclusive use of trams and public buses. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: tramvajë → French: tramway → Russian: трамва́й (tramváj) (see there for further descendants) → Italian: tranvia → Portuguese: trâmuei → Spanish: tranvía ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from tramway, from Middle Dutch trame, ultimately from a lost West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) word. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁa.mwɛ/ === Noun === tramway m (plural tramways) (rail transport) tram (passenger vehicle) ==== Synonyms ==== tram ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: tramway → Russian: трамва́й (tramváj)→ Armenian: տրամվայ (tramvay)→ Azerbaijani: tramvay→ Bashkir: трамвай (tramvay)→ Belarusian: трамва́й (tramváj)→ Georgian: ტრამვაი (ṭramvai)→ Kazakh: трамвай (tramvai)→ Kyrgyz: трамвай (tramvay)→ Mongolian:Cyrillic script: трамвай (tramvaj)Mongolian script: ᠲ᠋ᠷᠠᠮᠸᠠᠢ (tramwai)→ Polish: tramwaj→ Tajik: трамвай (tramvay)→ Tatar: трамвай (tramway)→ Turkmen: tramwaý→ Ukrainian: трамва́й (tramváj)→ Uyghur: ترامۋاي (tramway)→ Uzbek: tramvay → Persian: تراموای (terâmvây) → Turkish: tramvay === Further reading === “tramway”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Noun === tramway m (plural tramways) (rail transport) tramway; alternative spelling of trâmuei Synonym: tranvia === Further reading === “tramway”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tramway”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026