corridor

English

Etymology

Italian corridore (= corridoio) long passage, from correre, to run.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈkɒɹɪˌdɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈkɒrɪˌdə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"kQr\I%dO:(r\)/, /"kQr\I%d@(r\)/
(GenAM) enPR: kôrʹədôr', IPA: /ˈkɔɹəˌdɔɹ/, X-SAMPA: /"kOr\@%dOr\/
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Noun

corridor (plural corridors)

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, for example in railway carriages (see Wikipedia).
- 1931, Francis Beeding, chapter 1/1, Death Walks in Eastrepps^[1]:
  Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.
A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

Derived terms

the corridors of power
Polish Corridor

Translations

narrow hall or passage

Afrikaans: gang (af)
Albanian: korridori (sq) m
Arabic: رواق (ar) (riwaaq) m, دهليز (ar) (dihliiz) m, ردهة (ar) (rádha) f
Egyptian Arabic: طرقى (Torqaa) f
Armenian: միջանցք (hy) (mijants’k’)
Belarusian: калідор (be) (kalidór) m
Bulgarian: коридор (bg) (koridór) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 走廊 (cmn) (zǒuláng), 甬道 (cmn) (yǒngdào), 過道 (cmn), 过道 (cmn) (guòdào)
Czech: chodba (cs) f
Dutch: gang (nl), hal (nl)
Estonian: koridor (et)
Finnish: käytävä (fi)
French: couloir (fr) m, corridor (fr) m
Georgian: დერეფნის (ka) (derep'nis)
German: Korridor (de) m, Gang (de) m, Durchgang (de) m
Greek: διάδρομος (el) (δiáδromos) m
Gujarati: પડાળી (gu) (paḍāḷī) m
Haitian Creole: koridò
Hebrew: מסדרון (he) (misdaron) m, פרוזדור (he) (prozdor) m
Hindi: बरामदा (hi)
Interlingue: coridor (ie)
Italian: corridoio (it) m
Japanese: 廊下 (ja) (ろうか, rōka), 回廊 (ja) (かいろう, kairō)

Korean: 복도 (ko) (bogdo)
Latin: andron (la) m
Latvian: koridors (lv) m
Lithuanian: koridorius (lt) m
Malagasy: lalantsara (mg)
Malay: koridor (ms), koridor (ms)
Maltese: kuritur (mt) m
Norwegian: korridor (no) m
Persian: راهرو (fa) (rahro)
Polish: korytarz (pl) m
Romanian: culoar (ro) f, coridor (ro) m
Russian: коридор (ru) (koridór) m
Scottish Gaelic: trannsa (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ходник (sh) m, коридор (sh) m, кулоар (sh) m

Roman: hodnik (sh) m, koridor (sh) m, kuloar (sh) m
Spanish: pasillo (es) m, corredor (es) m
Swedish: korridor (sv) c
Tagalog: koridor (tl), pasilyo (tl)
Tamil: தாழ்வாரம் (ta) (tāḻvāram)
Telugu: కారిడార్ (te) (kāriḍār)
Turkish: koridor (tr)
Ukrainian: коридор (uk) (korydór) m
Vietnamese: hành lang (vi)
Xhosa: iranga (xh)

tract of land

Arabic: طريق (ar) (ʈarí:q) ضيق (ar) (ɖi:q)
Czech: koridor (cs) m
Dutch: corridor (nl)
Finnish: käytävä (fi)
French: corridor (fr) m, couloir (fr) m
German: Korridor (de) m
Greek: διάδρομος (el) (δiáδromos) m

Hindi: गलियारा (hi)
Japanese: 回廊地帯 (ja) (kairō chitai)
Russian: коридор (ru) (koridór) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: коридор (sh) m

Roman: koridor (sh) m
Swedish: korridor (sv) c

airspace

Arabic: ممر (ar) (mámarr) جوي (ar) (jáwwi), مُـخـترق (ar) (mukhtáraq) جوي (ar) (jáwwi)
Bulgarian: коридор (bg) (koridór) m
Czech: koridor (cs) m
Dutch: luchtweg (nl), corridor (nl)
Finnish: ilmakäytävä (fi)
French: couloir aérien (fr) m
German: Korridor (de) m
Greek: αεροδιάδρομος (el) (aeroδiáδromos) m

Italian: corridoio aereo (it) m
Japanese: 空中回廊 (ja) (kūchū kairō)
Polish: korytarz powietrzny (pl) m
Russian: коридор (ru) (koridór) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: коридор (sh) m

Roman: koridor (sh) m
Swedish: flygkorridor (sv) c, korridor (sv) c

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