lane
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lane, lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”).
Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlane (plural lanes)
- (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
- Penny Lane
- A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
- There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.
- A narrow road, as in the country.
- A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
- Drivers should overtake in the outside lane
- We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.
- the exit lane
- (athletics) A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
- There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.
- (swimming) A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.
- a swimming lane
- Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
- the checkout lanes in a supermarket
- A course designated for ships or aircraft.
- shipping lane
- (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
- We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.
- (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
- (computing) Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
- (video games) In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
- (horse racing) The home stretch.
- And it's Uncle Mo in front by two as they come to the top of the lane.
Synonyms
edit- (thoroughfare): carriageway, direction, roadway, side
- (narrow passageway): See Thesaurus:alley
Derived terms
edit- acceleration lane
- air lane
- back lane
- bicycle lane
- bike lane
- breakdown lane
- bus lane
- bye-lane
- bylane
- carpool lane
- chicken lane
- Chorlton Lane
- climbing lane
- collector lane
- core lane
- country lane
- crawler lane
- cruising lane
- cycle lane
- devil's lane
- diamond lane
- express lane
- fast lane
- Field-lane duck
- filter lane
- fire lane
- Four Lane Ends
- free-throw lane
- granny lane
- green lane
- high-occupancy vehicle lane
- HOV lane
- inside lane
- in the fast lane
- laned
- Lane End
- lane filtering
- laner
- lane snapper
- lane violation
- laneway
- left lane camper
- left lane hog
- left lane hogger
- left lane hugger
- Lexus lane
- ln
- ln.
- local lane
- lovers' lane
- lover's lane
- memory lane
- merge lane
- New Lane
- on one's lee-lane
- overtaking lane
- passing lane
- pick a lane
- pit lane
- Rayners Lane
- red lane
- reserved bus lane
- right lane camper
- right lane hog
- right lane hogger
- right lane hugger
- running lane
- Sandy Lane
- sea-lane
- sea lane
- shared lane marking
- shipping lane
- skate one's lane
- slip lane
- slow lane
- stay in one's lane
- Street Lane
- suicide lane
- swim lane
- swimlane
- transit lane
- victory lane
- whisper down the lane
- White Hart Lane
- Zil lane
Translations
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Further reading
edit- “lane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lane”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “lane”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
editFriulian
editEtymology
editNoun
editlane f
Related terms
editHaitian Creole
editEtymology
editFrom French l’année (“the year”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlane
Italian
editNoun
editlane f
Anagrams
editManx
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editlane
- full
- T’eh lane dy chreeaght.
- He is full of confidence.
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English lanu, from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō.
The form lone continues Mercian Old English lone, reflecting the dialectal rounding of Germanic */ɑn/. In most words, this rounding is only apparent in Western Middle English, but lone is the usual Northern form as well, making it a relic of the wider Old English distribution.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlane (plural lanes)
- lane, alley (narrow passage between buildings)
- (by extension) Any road or street.
- (rare) A path or track.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “lāne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
edit- lana (a-infinitive)
Etymology
editFrom the noun lan (“LAN (party)”) + -e.[1]
Verb
editlane (present tense lanar, past tense lana, past participle lana, passive infinitive lanast, present participle lanande, imperative lane/lan)
References
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editPolish
editPronunciation
editParticiple
editlane
- inflection of lany:
Scots
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
editlane (not comparable)
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *olnę.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlȁne n (Cyrillic spelling ла̏не)
Declension
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 2
editSame as lȃni.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editláne (Cyrillic spelling ла́не)
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