Meanings
plural passageways
- A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.
1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus - Any way for passing in, out or through something.
The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.
1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Glasgow Suburban”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek διάδρομος, πόρος
- διάδρομος (diádromos)covered walkway
- πόρος (póros)any way for passing in, out or through something
Bulgarian галерия, проход
- галерия (galerija)covered walkway
- проход (prohod)any way for passing in, out or through something
Chinese Mandarin 通道
- 通道 (tōngdào)covered walkway
Czech pasáž
- pasážcovered walkway
Dutch gang, doorgang
- gangcovered walkway
- doorgangany way for passing in, out or through something
Esperanto pasejo
- pasejoany way for passing in, out or through something
Finnish käytävä, reitti
- käytäväcovered walkway
- reittiany way for passing in, out or through something
- käytäväany way for passing in, out or through something
French passage
- passagecovered walkway
German Gang, Flur
- Gangcovered walkway
- Flurcovered walkway
- Korridorcovered walkway
- Durchgangcovered walkway
- überdachter Verbindungsgangcovered walkway
- Gangany way for passing in, out or through something
- Durchgangany way for passing in, out or through something
Greek διάδρομος, πέρασμα
- διάδρομος (diádromos)covered walkway
- πέρασμα (pérasma)any way for passing in, out or through something
Hebrew מַעֲבָר
- מַעֲבָר (ma'avár)any way for passing in, out or through something
Hindi गलियारा
- गलियारा (galiyārā)covered walkway
Italian corsia
- corsiacovered walkway
Japanese 通路
- 通路 (tsūro)covered walkway
Lithuanian pasažas
- pasažascovered walkway
Norwegian passasje, passasje
- passasjecovered walkway
- passasjeany way for passing in, out or through something
Polish przejście, przejście
- przejściecovered walkway
- przejścieany way for passing in, out or through something
Portuguese corredor, passagem
- corredorcovered walkway
- passagemcovered walkway
- passagemany way for passing in, out or through something
Russian прохо́д, перехо́д
- прохо́д (proxód)covered walkway
- перехо́д (perexód)covered walkway
- коридо́р (koridór)covered walkway
- пасса́ж (passáž)covered walkway
- прохо́д (proxód)any way for passing in, out or through something
- перехо́д (perexód)any way for passing in, out or through something
Spanish pasillo, pasadizo
- pasilloany way for passing in, out or through something
- pasadizoany way for passing in, out or through something
Cite this entry
passageway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passageway
“passageway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passageway. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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