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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English 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

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Noun

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lane (plural lanes)

  1. (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
    Penny Lane
  2. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
    There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.
  3. A narrow road, as in the country.
  4. 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
  5. (athletics) A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
    There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.
  6. (swimming) A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.
    a swimming lane
  7. Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
    the checkout lanes in a supermarket
  8. A course designated for ships or aircraft.
    shipping lane
  9. (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
    We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.
  10. (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  11. (computing) Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
  12. (video games) In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
  13. (horse racing) The home stretch.
    And it's Uncle Mo in front by two as they come to the top of the lane.

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Further reading

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin lāna.

Noun

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lane f

  1. wool
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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French l’année (“the year”).

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Noun

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lane

  1. year

Italian

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Noun

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lane f

  1. plural of lana

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

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Adjective

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lane

  1. full
    T’eh lane dy chreeaght.
    He is full of confidence.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːn(ə)/
  • (West Midland, Northern) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːn(ə)/, /ˈlɒːn(ə)/

Noun

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lane (plural lanes)

  1. lane, alley (narrow passage between buildings)
  2. (by extension) Any road or street.
  3. (rare) A path or track.

Descendants

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  • English: lane (dialectal loan)
  • Scots: lone, loan
  • Yola: laane
  • → Irish: lána

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the noun lan (“LAN (party)”) +‎ -e.[1]

Verb

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lane (present tense lanar, past tense lana, past participle lana, passive infinitive lanast, present participle lanande, imperative lane/lan)

  1. to attend or host a LAN party

References

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  1. ^ Cf. “lane” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”).

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Noun

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lane f

  1. lane, narrow path

Declension

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative lane lanan
accusative lanan lanan
genitive lanan lanena
dative lanan lanum

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈla.nɛ/
  • Rhymes: -anɛ
  • Syllabification: la‧ne

Participle

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lane

  1. inflection of lany:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Scots

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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lane (not comparable)

  1. alone

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olnę.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lâne/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ne

Noun

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lȁne n (Cyrillic spelling ла̏не)

  1. fawn
  2. an affectionate term, dear child
Declension
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Declension of lane
singular plural
nominative lȁne lanad
genitive laneta lȁnādī
dative lanetu lanadi
accusative lane lanad
vocative lane lanadi
locative lanetu lanadi
instrumental lanetom lanađu / lanadi
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Etymology 2

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Same as lȃni.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lǎːne/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ne

Adverb

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láne (Cyrillic spelling ла́не)

  1. last year
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