thoroughfare
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thoroughfare
- /ˈθʌɹəfɛː/ UK
- /ˈθəɹ.ə.fɛɹ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).
noun thoroughfares · thorofare · throughfare · thoroughfair · thorowfair
- A passage; a way through. “I ask you,” cried Lloyd George in 1909. “Are we to have all the ways of reform, financial and social, blocked simply by a notice board: ‘No thoroughfare. By order of Nathanial Rothschild’?”
- A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street. Mr. Roscoe, on the contrary, has claimed none of the accorded privileges of talent. He has shut himself up in no garden of thought, no elysium of fancy; but has gone forth into the highways and thoroughfares of life; […].
- The act of going through; passage; travel, transit. The sign leading to the other carriage reads: No thoroughfare.
- An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.
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noun way through
| Español | pasaje |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 通り抜け tōrinuke, 通路 tsūro |
| 中文 | 通道 tōngdào |
| Português | passagem |
| Français | passage |
| Deutsch | Durchfahrt, Durchgangsstraße |
| Ελληνικά | δίοδος díodos |
| Русский | прохо́д proxód, прое́зд projézd |
| Tiếng Việt | lối đi |
noun road open at both ends
| Español | vía pública, vía de comunicación f gran rúa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 目抜き通り menukidōri, 大通り ōdōri |
| 中文 | 要道 yàodào, 主路 zhǔlù, 大道 dàdào, 康衢 kāngqú |
| Português | via pública |
| Français | grand-rue, voie principale, artère |
| Deutsch | Durchgangsstraße, Hauptverkehrsstraße, Verkehrsader |
| Ελληνικά | λεωφόρος leofóros |
| Русский | гла́вная доро́га glávnaja doróga, оживлённая доро́га oživljónnaja doróga, оживлённая у́лица oživljónnaja úlica, автостра́да avtostráda, магистра́ль magistrálʹ, автомагистра́ль avtomagistrálʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đường lớn, đường phố lớn |
| العربية | شَارِع رَئِيسِيّ šāriʕ raʔīsiyy |
noun waterway
| Español | canal |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 航道 hángdào, 水道 shuǐdào |
| Português | hidrovia |
| Français | voie navigable |
| Deutsch | Wasserstrasse |
| Ελληνικά | πορθμός porthmós |
| Русский | во́дный путь vódnyj putʹ, кана́л kanál, во́дная магистра́ль vódnaja magistrálʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đường thuỷ |
Talk about this word "thoroughfare." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thoroughfare. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thoroughfare. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thoroughfare "thoroughfare." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thoroughfare.Cite this
@misc{thoroughfare_2026,
title = {thoroughfare},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thoroughfare},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
