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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”) (compare West Frisian paad, Dutch pad, German Pfad), Ancient Greek πατέω (patéō) / πάτος (pátos), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀 (panta, “way”), 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀 (paθa, genitive), Old Persian (pathi-)), from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs (compare Sanskrit पन्था (panthā), पथ (patha)), from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from *pent- (“path”) (compare English find). Doublet of panth.
Pronunciation
Noun
path (plural paths)
- A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The Epithalamium of Helen and Menelaus. From the 18th Idyllium of Theocritus.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, , volume II, London: J and R Tonson, , published 1760, →OCLC, page 412:Yet ere to to-morrow's ſun ſhall ſhew his head, / The dewy paths of meadows we will tread, / For crowns and chaplets to adorn thy head.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
- A course taken.
the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm
1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company , →OCLC:Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
- A metaphorical course or route; progress.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, Canto XXXIX, page 61:But thou and I have shaken hands,
Till growing winters lay me low;
My paths are in the fields I know,
And thine in undiscover’d lands.
2002, Priscilla K. Shontz, Steven J. Oberg, Jump Start Your Career in Library and Information Science, page 21:As I explored the possibility of a library science path, having previously been employed in libraries during my school career and afterwards, I decided that I needed to actually experience work in a library setting full time again […]
- A method or direction of proceeding.
- (paganism) A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
- (computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
Use the network path \\Marketing\Files
to find the documents you need.
- (graph theory) A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
- (topology) A continuous map from the unit interval to a topological space .
- (rail transport) A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.
1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232:"Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.
2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival: December 2019 changes”, in Modern Railways, page 78:... while the planned hourly fast 'Connect' service from Middlesbrough to Newcastle has been postponed indefinitely due to problems in finding paths for it on the East Coast main line.
2020 May 6, Philip Haigh, “Just one more stop on the long journey to HS2 fulfillment ”, in Rail, page 65:Echoing McNaughton's comments in 2009, it adds: "The WCML has exhausted its available train paths and no extra services could be run without further significant investment to enhance current infrastructure or build a new line.
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a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians
- Albanian: shteg (sq), këshyrë
- Apache:
- Western Apache: ʼintin
- Arabic: طَرِيق (ar) m (ṭarīq), صِرَاط m (ṣirāṭ)
- Aromanian: cãrari f
- Bashkir: һуҡмаҡ (huqmaq)
- Basque: bide (eu), bidexka, bidezidor
- Belarusian: сце́жка f (scjéžka)
- Bengali: তরিকা (torika), পথ (bn) (poth)
- Bulgarian: път (bg) m (pǎt), пътека (bg) f (pǎteka)
- Catalan: sendera f, sender m
- Cherokee: ᏅᏃᎯ (nvnohi), ᎡᏓᏍᏗ (edasdi)
- Chichewa: njira
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 路徑/路径 (zh) (lùjìng), 蹊徑/蹊径 (zh) (xījìng), 道路 (zh) (dàolù)
- Czech: stezka (cs), pěšina (cs)
- Danish: sti (da) c, havegang c, passage (da) c
- Dutch: pad (nl) n
- Egyptian: (wꜣt f)
- Esperanto: aleo (eo), pado (eo), vojo (eo)
- Estonian: rada
- Faroese: leið f, gøta (fo) f
- Finnish: polku (fi)
- French: sentier (fr) m, chemin (fr) m
- Galician: senda f, sendeiro (gl) m, corredoira f, camiño (gl) m, carreiro m, trullo m, curripa f, carroucho m, cambeiro m, barrancallo m, branxeiro m, canexa f, callustra f
- Georgian: ბილიკი (biliḳi)
- German: Pfad (de) m
- Greek: μονοπάτι (el) n (monopáti), ατραπός (el) f (atrapós)
- Ancient: τρίβος m or f (tríbos)
- Haitian Creole: chemen
- Hebrew: דֶּרֶךְ (he) f (dérekh)
- Hindi: पथ (hi) (path)
- Hungarian: ösvény (hu), gyalogút (hu)
- Icelandic: leið (is) f
- Indonesian: jalan (id)
- Ingrian: troppa
- Italian: sentiero (it) m
- Japanese: 通路 (ja) (つうろ, tsūro), 小道 (ja) (こみち, komichi), (in a rice field) 畦道 (ja) (あぜみち, aze-michi)
- Karakalpak: soqpaq
- Kazakh: жол (kk) (jol)
- Khmer: ផ្លូវ (km) (pləv), ផ្លូវជើង (pləv cəəng), ផ្លូវលំ (pləv lum)
- Kongo: nzila
- Korean: 길 (ko) (gil)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ڕێ (rê), ڕێگە (rêge)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latgalian: styga
- Latin: sēmita f, trāmes m
- Latvian: taka (lv)
- Ligurian: sentê m, camìn m
- Lingala: nzila
- Lithuanian: takas
- Macedonian: пат m (pat)
- Malay: jalan (ms)
- Malayalam: പാത (ml) (pāta), വഴി (ml) (vaḻi)
- Marathi: पथ (mr) (path)
- Mwani: njira
- Norman: sente f (Jersey), ch'min m (Guernsey), c'mîn m (Jersey)
- Northern Ohlone: 'ín̄u'
- Nyunga: bidee
- Occitan: camin (oc) m, sendièr m, carrairon (oc) m
- Old Javanese: hĕnu
- Old Prussian: lunki f
- Ottoman Turkish: یول (yol)
- Paiwan: djalan
- Pashto: لار (ps) f (lār)
- Persian: گذر (fa) (gozar), گدار (fa) (godâr)
- Pitjantjatjara: iwara
- Polish: ścieżka (pl) f
- Portuguese: trilha (pt) f, caminho (pt) m, senda (pt) f
- Romanian: cărare (ro), potecă (ro)
- Russian: тропа́ (ru) f (tropá), тропи́нка (ru) f (tropínka), доро́жка (ru) f (doróžka), стезя́ (ru) f (stezjá) (poetic)
- Sanskrit: पथ (sa) (patha), पन्थ m (pantha)
- Scottish Gaelic: slighe f
- Serbo-Croatian: put (sh), staza (sh)
- Slovak: cestička (sk) f
- Slovene: pot (sl) f, steza (sl) f
- Spanish: senda (es) f, sendero (es) m
- Swahili: ujia (sw)
- Swedish: stig (sv) n
- Tagalog: landas (tl), daan (tl)
- Tamil: பாதை (ta) (pātai)
- Tarifit: abrid m
- Telugu: కాలిబాట (te) (kālibāṭa)
- Thai: รอย (th) (rɔɔi), ทาง (th) (taang)
- Turkish: patika (tr)
- Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎚𐎁 (ntb)
- Ukrainian: сте́жка f (stéžka), стежи́на f (stežýna), стежи́нка f (stežýnka)
- Urdu: پتھ (path)
- Venetian: troi
- Vietnamese: đường mòn (vi)
- Volapük: luveg (vo)
- Walloon: pî-sinte (wa) f, pazea (wa) m
- Welsh: llwybr (cy) m
- West Frisian: paad n
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: enug, dalan
- Yámana: ruta
- Yapese: woq
- Yiddish: שליאַך m (shlyakh), וועג m (veg), וואַרע f (vare), דרך f (derekh)
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a course taken
- Arabic: صِرَاط m (ṣirāṭ), مَسَار m (masār)
- Catalan: camí (ca) m, trajectòria (ca) f
- Chichewa: njira
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 路徑/路径 (zh) (lùjìng)
- Danish: retning (da) c, vej (da) c
- Dutch: weg (nl) m
- Faroese: leið f
- Finnish: polku (fi), reitti (fi), rata (fi)
- French: chemin (fr) m
- Galician: camiño (gl) m
- Georgian: გზა (gza)
- German: Weg (de) m
- Greek: δρόμος (el) m (drómos), διαδρομή (el) f (diadromí)
- Ancient: τρίβος m or f (tríbos), (Epic) κέλευθος f (kéleuthos)
- Irish: séad m
- Italian: camino (it) m
- Japanese: 道 (ja) (みち, michi), 方針 (ja) (ほうしん, hōshin), 軌道 (ja) (きどう, kidō), 道筋 (ja) (みちすじ, michisuji)
- Kazakh: жол (kk) (jol)
- Khmer: ផ្លូវ (km) (phləw), គន្លង (km) (kŭənlɔɔng)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ڕێ (rê)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Ligurian: vîa f
- Malay: jalan (ms)
- Malayalam: പാത (ml) (pāta), വഴി (ml) (vaḻi)
- Mòcheno: be m
- Norman: ch'min m (Guernsey), c'mîn m (c'mîn)
- Portuguese: caminho (pt) m
- Romanian: drum (ro) n
- Russian: путь (ru) m (putʹ), доро́га (ru) f (doróga), стезя́ (ru) f (stezjá) (poetic)
- Scottish Gaelic: slighe f
- Slovene: pot (sl) f
- Spanish: camino (es)
- Swahili: ujia (sw)
- Swedish: väg (sv), kurs (sv), färdriktning (sv)
- Tagalog: pinagdaraanan
- Telugu: దారి (te) (dāri), మార్గం (te) (mārgaṁ)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: yol (tr)
- Vietnamese: đường đi (vi), đường lối (vi), lối (vi), lối đi
- Yiddish: וועג m (veg)
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a method or direction of proceeding
- Danish: vej (da) c
- Estonian: suund (et)
- Finnish: suunta (fi), reitti (fi)
- French: sentier (fr) m
- German: Weg (de) m, Pfad (de) m
- Greek: δρόμος (el) m (drómos)
- Haitian Creole: chemen
- Italian: cammino (it) m
- Japanese: 道 (ja) (みち, michi), 道筋 (ja) (みちすじ, michisuji)
- Malay: jalan (ms)
- Malayalam: വഴി (ml) (vaḻi)
- Ngazidja Comorian: soo class 5/6
- Pashto: لار (ps) f (lār)
- Portuguese: caminho (pt)
- Russian: путь (ru) m (putʹ), спо́соб (ru) m (spósob)
- Slovene: pot (sl) f
- Swahili: ujia (sw)
- Tagalog: paraan, pamamaraan
- Telugu: దారి (te) (dāri), మార్గం (te) (mārgaṁ)
- Turkish: yol (tr)
- Vietnamese: con đường (vi), nẻo (vi), lối đi
- Walloon: tchimin (wa) m
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computing: a specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure
graph theory: a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another
topology: a continuous map
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Verb
path (third-person singular simple present paths, present participle pathing, simple past and past participle pathed)
- (transitive) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
- (computing, intransitive) To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).
Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there.
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Noun
path (uncountable)
- (medicine, abbreviation) Pathology.
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English pæþ, from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz, from an Iranian language, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
path (plural pathes)
- An informal or unpaved path or trail; a track.
- A choice or way of living; a doctrine.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A course or route.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A vessel or vein.
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Etymology 2
Verb
path
- Alternative form of pathen