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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndʒʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɑndɪt/
Noun
conduit (plural conduits)
- A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
- A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
- (figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.
- The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
- (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.
Derived terms
Translations
pipe or channel for conveying water
- Bulgarian: тръба (bg) f (trǎba), тръбопровод (bg) m (trǎboprovod)
- Catalan: conducte m
- Dutch: buis (nl), leiding (nl)
- Finnish: vesijohto (fi), johto (fi)
- German: Kanal (de) m, Leitung (de) f, Leitungsrohr n, Rohr (de) n, Rohrleitung (de) f, Wasserleitung (de) f, Wasserrohr (de) n, Leitungsrohr n, Aquädukt (de) n, Gerinne (de) n, Röhre (de) f, Leitung (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient: ὀχετός m (okhetós)
- Hungarian: vízvezeték (hu), vezeték (hu), cső (hu), csővezeték (hu), csatorna (hu)
- Italian: condotto (it) m
- Latin: canālis (la) m
- Russian: водово́д (ru) (vodovód)
- Scottish Gaelic: seòl-phìob f
- Spanish: conducto (es) m
- Swedish: vattenledningsrör
- Turkish: boru hattı (tr), kanal (tr), su borusu (tr), su hattı (tr)
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duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
- Dutch: pijp (nl)
- Finnish: asennusputki (tube), kaapelikanava (fi) (duct), roilo (fi) (groove)
- German: Isolierrohr n, Kabelkanal (de) m, Leerrohr n, Leitkanal m, Leitungsrohr n, Leitungsröhre f, Führungsrohr n, Führungskanal m, Installationsrohr n, Installationskanal m, Elektroinstallationsrohr n, Leitungskanal m, Wellschlauch m, Wellrohr n, Panzerrohr n, Kabelrohr n
- Hungarian: kábelcső, védőcső, vezetékcsatorna, kábelcsatorna (hu), (flexible) gégecső (hu)
- Italian: condotto (it) m
- Portuguese: conduíte (pt)
- Russian: кабель-канал (ru) (kabelʹ-kanal)
- Swedish: ledning (sv)
- Turkish: elektrik borusu, elektrik tesisat borusu, kablo kanalı
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A means by which something is transmitted
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French conduit (noun, past participle) from Latin conductus.
Pronunciation
Noun
conduit m (plural conduits)
- conduit (connecting pipe/channel)
- a conductus
Participle
conduit (feminine conduite, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduites)
- past participle of conduire
Verb
conduit
- third-person singular present indicative of conduire
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