autoroute

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English

Autoroute 15 in Montreal.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French autoroute.

Noun

autoroute (plural autoroutes)

  1. (Quebec) An expressway, freeway, motorway or highway.
  2. An expressway in any Francophone country.

French

Etymology

From auto- +‎ route.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.tɔ.ʁut/, /ɔ.tɔ.ʁut/
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Noun

autoroute f (plural autoroutes)

  1. expressway, freeway, motorway, highway

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Khmer: អូតូរុត (ʼoutourut)

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

auto- +‎ route

Noun

autoroute f (plural autoroutes)

  1. (Jersey) motorway

Synonyms