subway

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Etymology

From sub- + way.

Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/, [ˈsʌbˌweɪ̯]

Noun

subway (plural subways)

1. (North America, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
2. (North America, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
3. (Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
4. (British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
5. An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.

Synonyms

• metro; Métro (Paris)
• tube; Tube (London)
• underground, underground railway
• rapid transit
• underpass

Translations

• French: métro, métropolitain
• German: U-Bahn, Metro, Untergrundbahn
• Italian: metrò, metropolitana
• Portuguese: metro (Portugal), metrô (Brazil)
• Russian: метро́
• Spanish: metro, subte (Argentina)

Translations

• German: U-Bahn, Untergrundbahn
• Portuguese: (Brazil) metrô, (Portugal) metro
• Spanish: metro

Translations

• French: passage souterrain, souterrain
• German: Unterführung
• Italian: sottopasso
• Portuguese: passagem subterrânea
• Russian: подземный переход
• Spanish: paso subterráneo

Verb

subway (subways, present participle subwaying; simple past and past participle subwayed)

1. (intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.

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