Meanings
nouncarriageway (plural carriageways)
plural carriageways
- Hong KongIrelandUKThe part of a road that carries traffic.
The crash happened near South Bank on 22 August when a Volkswagen Passat travelled the wrong way on the dual carriageway and hit a police car.
2026 September 3, Caroline Briggs, “Schools to close early for A66 crash funeral”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2026, retrieved 03 Sep 2026Synonyms: roadway
- Hong KongIrelandUKOne side of a dual carriageway that carries traffic in a single direction.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe part of a road that carries traffic.
Similar
nounOne side of a dual carriageway that carries traffic in a single direction.
Origin
- Englishcarriage
- Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*wegaz
- Proto-West Germanic*weg
- Old Englishweġ
- Middle Englishwey
- Englishway
- Englishcarriageway
Translations
Arabic مَسْلَك
- مَسْلَك (maslak)part of a road that carries traffic
Bulgarian платно́
- платно́ (platnó)part of a road that carries traffic
Chinese Mandarin 行車道 /行车道, 車道 /车道
- 行車道 /行车道 (xíngchēdào)part of a road that carries traffic
- 車道 /车道 (chēdào)part of a road that carries traffic
Czech vozovka
- vozovkapart of a road that carries traffic
Danish kørebane
- kørebanepart of a road that carries traffic
Dutch rijbaan, rijweg
- rijbaanpart of a road that carries traffic
- rijwegpart of a road that carries traffic
Estonian sõidutee
- sõiduteepart of a road that carries traffic
Finnish ajorata, kaista
- ajoratapart of a road that carries traffic
- kaistaone side of a dual carriageway
French chaussée
- chausséepart of a road that carries traffic
German Fahrbahn, Fahrstreifen
- Fahrbahnpart of a road that carries traffic
- Fahrstreifenpart of a road that carries traffic
Hindi वाहनमार्ग
- वाहनमार्ग (vāhanmārg)part of a road that carries traffic
Hungarian úttest
- úttestpart of a road that carries traffic
Indonesian jalur
- jalurone side of a dual carriageway
Irish carrbhealach
- carrbhealachpart of a road that carries traffic
Italian carreggiata
- carreggiatapart of a road that carries traffic
Japanese 自動車道, 車道
- 自動車道 (jidōshadō)part of a road that carries traffic
- 車道 (shadō)part of a road that carries traffic
Korean 차도, 자동차 도로
- 차도 (chado)part of a road that carries traffic
- 자동차 도로 (jadongcha doro)part of a road that carries traffic
Norwegian Bokmål kjørebane
- kjørebanepart of a road that carries traffic
Persian باند عبور, سوارهرو
- باند عبور (bând-e 'obur)part of a road that carries traffic
- سوارهرو (savâre-row)part of a road that carries traffic
Polish jezdnia, jezdnia
- jezdniapart of a road that carries traffic
- jezdniaone side of a dual carriageway
Portuguese pista
- pistapart of a road that carries traffic
Romanian șosea
- șoseapart of a road that carries traffic
Russian прое́зжая часть
- прое́зжая часть (projézžaja častʹ)part of a road that carries traffic
Slovak vozovka
- vozovkapart of a road that carries traffic
Spanish calzada
- calzadapart of a road that carries traffic
Swedish körbana
- körbanapart of a road that carries traffic
Turkish şerit
- şeritone side of a dual carriageway
Ukrainian проїзна́ части́на, прої́жджа части́на
- проїзна́ части́на (projizná častýna)part of a road that carries traffic
- прої́жджа части́на (projíždža častýna)part of a road that carries traffic
Vietnamese lòng đường, đường lộ
- lòng đườngpart of a road that carries traffic
- đường lộone side of a dual carriageway
- tuyến xeone side of a dual carriageway
Cite this entry
APA
carriageway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carriageway
MLA
“carriageway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carriageway. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carriageway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carriageway.
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