lane

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lane, 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

Noun

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. A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
    There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.
  6. Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
    the checkout lanes in a supermarket
    a swimming lane
  7. A course designated for ships or aircraft.
    shipping lane
  8. (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
    We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.
  9. (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  10. (computing) Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
  11. (video games) In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
  12. (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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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

lane f

  1. wool

Related terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French l’année (“the year”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lane

  1. year

Italian

Noun

lane f

  1. plural of lana

Anagrams

Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

lane

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English lanu, from Proto-West Germanic *lanu.

Pronunciation

Noun

lane (plural lanes)

  1. a narrow way

Descendants

  • English: lane
  • Scots: lone
  • Yola: laane

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Participle

lane

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

Scots

Etymology

See lone.

Adjective

lane (not comparable)

  1. alone

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olnę.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lȁne n (Cyrillic spelling ла̏не)

  1. fawn
  2. an affectionate term, dear child
Declension
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
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Same as lȃni.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

láne (Cyrillic spelling ла́не)

  1. last year
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