cul-de-sac

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈkʌldəsæk/
• (British) IPA: /ˈkʌldəsak/

Noun

cul-de-sac (plural cul-de-sacs)

1. A blind alley or dead end street.
2. A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.
3. An impasse.
4. (medicine) A sack-like cavity, a tube open at one end only.

Translations

• French: bout de cul-de-sac résidentiel
• German: Wendeplatte, Wendekreis, Wendehammer
• Portuguese: cul-de-sac
• Russian: тупик

Translations

• German: Tasche
• Russian: слепо́й мешо́к

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