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route¹
- /ɹuːt/ Ireland, UK
- /ɹʉwt/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ɹʉːt/ Australia
- /ɹut/ Canada, US
- /ɾuːt/ Wales
- /ɾʉt/ Scotland
- /ɻʉt/ Northern Ireland
- /ɹaʊt/ US
- /ɹʌʊt/ Canada, nonstandard
Sounds like root, rute, rout · Rhymes with -uːt, -aʊt
Where it comes from
From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt. Unrelated to road.
noun routes
- A course or way which is traveled or passed. The route was used so much that it formed a rut.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation. We live near the bus route.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway. Follow Route 49 out of town.
- One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something. If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route. […] Another route is to have a programmatic investment strategy […]. Rolex has taken this route […]
- One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits. The Chinese, ever since the first century of our era, have called the countries which we to-day name Kashgar and Sungaria, "routes." They referred them to their relative position on the two sides of the Tian-Shan, and called our Sungaria, Pe-lu, " northern route," and our Kashgar, Nan-lu, " southern
- A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
- A race longer than one mile.
- A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.
verb routes · routeing · routing · routed
- To direct or divert along a particular course. All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
- to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- To send (information) through a router. Google Glass has come under fire from privacy advocates because it can record video without subjects being aware of it, and that any video will be routed through Google's servers.
route²
- /ɹuːt/ Ireland, UK
- /ɹʉwt/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ɹʉːt/ Australia
- /ɹut/ Canada, US
- /ɾuːt/ Wales
- /ɾʉt/ Scotland
- /ɻʉt/ Northern Ireland
- /ɹaʊt/ US
- /ɹʌʊt/ Canada, nonstandard
Sounds like root, rute, rout · Rhymes with -uːt, -aʊt
verb
- Eye dialect spelling of root
Route³
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French Route, or a variant spelling of Routt.
proper noun Routes
- A surname from French.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: path, road, itinerary, roadmap, way, thoroughfare, travel, tour, trajectory, pathway, trailhead, haul, journey, travelling, street, runout
Translations
Every language
noun passing, course, road
| 한국어 | 길 gil |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | मार्ग mārg |
| Português | percurso |
| Français | route |
| Deutsch | Route, Straße, Weg, Pfad |
| Italiano | via, strada |
| Русский | маршру́т maršrút, тра́сса trássa |
| Tiếng Việt | tuyến đường |
noun course or way traveled
| Español | ruta, itinerario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 경로 gyeongno, 노선 noseon |
| 日本語 | 道筋 michisuji, ルート rūto, 路線 rosen, 通路 tsūro |
| 中文 | 路線 /路线 lùxiàn, 航線 /航线 hángxiàn, 線 /线 xiàn, 路 lù |
| हिन्दी | मार्ग mārg, रास्ता rāstā, राह rāh |
| Português | rota, percurso, caminho, itinerário |
| Français | route, chemin, itinéraire |
| Deutsch | Route, Weg, Pfad, Wegstrecke |
| Italiano | rotta, percorso, itinerario |
| Ελληνικά | διαδρομή diadromí |
| Română | rută, drum, traseu, itinerar |
| Русский | маршру́т maršrút, курс kurs, путь putʹ, доро́га doróga, тра́сса trássa |
| Tiếng Việt | hành trình, lộ trình |
| العربية | طَرِيق ṭarīq, مَسار masār |
noun way to do something
| 한국어 | 수단 sudan |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 手段 shudan |
| 中文 | 作法 zuòfǎ, 手段 shǒuduàn |
| Português | jeito, caminho |
| Deutsch | Weg, Pfad |
| Italiano | via, strada |
| Русский | путь putʹ |
noun path secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train
| Français | itinéraire |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Fahrstraße |
verb to direct along a particular course
| Español | enrutar, encaminar |
|---|---|
| Italiano | avviare, instradare, dirigere |
| Română | îndruma, direcționa |
| Русский | направлять napravljatʹ, направить napravitʹ |
verb internet: to connect two LANs
| Español | enrutar |
|---|---|
| Português | rotear |
| Italiano | connettere, instradare |
| Română | ruta |
verb computer: to send information via a router
| Español | enrutar |
|---|
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title = {route},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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