path

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Etymology

Old English pæþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (compare West Frisian paad, Dutch pad, German Pfad), from Scythian (compare Avestan  (panta), gen.  (paθa, “way”), Old Persian  (pathi-)), from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (compare English find). More at find.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /pæθ/
• (UK) IPA: /pɑːθ/, /pæθ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːθ, -æθ

Noun

path (plural paths)

1. a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
2. a course taken.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     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.

3. (paganism) A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
4. a metaphorical course.
5. a method or direction of proceeding.
6. (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
7. (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).
8. (topology) a continuous map $f$ from the unit interval $I = [0,1]$ to a topological space $X$.

Synonyms

• (1): track, trail; see also Wikisaurus:way

Derived terms

Terms derived from path (noun)

bridle path cross paths

footpath path of least resistance

pathway

Translations

a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians

• Albanian: shteg (sq)
• Arabic: طريق (ar) (ṭarīq) m
• Basque: bide (eu), bidexka (eu), bidezidor (eu)
• Catalan: sender (ca) m, camí (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路徑 (cmn), 路径 (cmn) (lùjìng), 蹊徑 (cmn), 蹊径 (cmn) (xījìng), 道路 (cmn) (dàolù)

• Czech: stezka (cs), pěšina (cs)
• Danish: sti (da) c, havegang (da) c, passage (da) c
• Dutch: pad (nl) n
• Esperanto: aleo (eo), pado (eo), vojo (eo)
• Estonian: rada (et)
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: polku (fi)
• French: sentier (fr) m
• Georgian: ბილიკი (ka) (biliki)
• German: Pfad (de) m
• Greek: μονοπάτι (el) (monopáti) n, ατραπός (el) (atrapós) f
• Hindi: पथ (hi) (path)
• Hungarian: ösvény (hu), út (hu)
• Icelandic: leið (is) f
• Indonesian: jalan (id)
• 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)
• Jèrriais: sente f
• Kazakh: жол (kk) (jol)
• Khmer: ផ្លូវ (km) (pləv), ផ្លូវជើង (km) (pləv cəəng), ផ្លូវលំ (km) (pləv lum)

• Korean: 길 (ko) (gil)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕێ, ڕێگه‌

• Latgalian: styga
• Latvian: taka (lv)
• Lithuanian: takas (lt)
• Malay: jalan (ms)
• Marathi: पथ (mr) (path)
• Pashto: لار (ps) (lār) f
• Polish: ścieżka (pl) f
• Portuguese: trilha (pt) f, caminho (pt) m
• Romanian: cărare (ro), potecă (ro)
• Russian: тропа (ru) (tropá) f, тропинка (ru) (tropínka) f, дорожка (ru) (doróžka) f
• Sanskrit: पथ (sa) (patha), पन्थ (sa) (pantha) m
• Scottish Gaelic: slighe (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: put (sh), staza (sh)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: pot (sl) f, steza (sl) f
• Spanish: senda (es) f, sendero (es) m
• Swahili: ujia (sw)
• Swedish: stig (sv) n
• Tamil: பாதை (ta) (paathai)
• Telugu: కాలిబాట (te) (kālibāṭa)
• Turkish: patika (tr)
• Urdu: پتھ (ur) (path)
• Venetian: troi
• Volapük: luveg (vo)
• West Frisian: paad (fy) n

a course taken

• Arabic: صراط (ar) (ṣirāṭ) m, مسار (ar) (masār) m
• Catalan: camí (ca) m
• Danish: retning (da) c, vej (da) c
• Dutch: weg (nl) m
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: polku (fi), reitti (fi), rata (fi)
• French: chemin (fr) m
• Georgian: გზა (ka) (gza)
• German: Weg (de) m
• Greek: δρόμος (el) (drómos) m, διαδρομή (el) (diadromí) f
• 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)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕێ

• Malay: jalan (ms)
• Romanian: drum (ro) n
• Russian: путь (ru) (put’) m, дорога (ru) (doróga) f
• Scottish Gaelic: slighe (gd) f
• Slovene: pot (sl) f
• Swahili: ujia (sw)
• Swedish: väg (sv), kurs (sv), färdriktning (sv)
• Telugu: దారి (te) (dāri), మార్గం (te) (mārgaṅ)
• Turkish: yol (tr)

a metaphorical course

• Catalan: camí (ca) m
• Danish: retning (da) c, vej (da) c
• Estonian: teekond (et)
• Finnish: latu (fi), tola (fi), polku (fi)
• German: Weg (de) m
• Greek: μονοπάτι (el) (monopáti) n
• Italian: cammino (it) m
• Japanese: 道 (ja) (みち, michi), 道筋 (ja) (みちすじ, michisuji), 方針 (ja) (ほうしん, hōshin)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕێ, ڕێباز

• Malay: jalan (ms)
• Portuguese: caminho (pt) m
• Romanian: mers (ro) n, curs (ro) n, drum (ro) n
• Russian: путь (put’) m
• Sanskrit: पन्थ (sa) (pantha) m
• Scottish Gaelic: slighe (gd) f
• Slovene: pot (sl) f
• Swahili: ujia (sw)
• Telugu: దారి (te) (dāri), మార్గం (te) (mārgaṅ)
• Turkish: yol (tr)

a method or direction of proceeding

• Danish: vej (da) c
• Estonian: ; suund (et)
• Finnish: suunta (fi), reitti (fi)
• German: Weg (de) m
• Greek: δρόμος (el) (drómos) m
• Italian: cammino (it) m
• Japanese: 道 (ja) (みち, michi), 道筋 (ja) (みちすじ, michisuji)

• Malay: jalan (ms)
• Pashto: لار (ps) (lār) f
• Russian: путь (put’) m, способ (spósob) m
• Slovene: pot (sl) f
• Swahili: ujia (sw)
• Telugu: దారి (te) (dāri), మార్గం (te) (mārgaṅ)
• Turkish: yol (tr)

computing: a specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路徑 (cmn), 路径 (cmn) (lùjìng)

• Czech: cesta (cs) f
• Dutch: pad (nl) n
• French: chemin (fr) m
• German: Pfad (de) m

• Japanese: パス (ja) (pasu)
• Korean: 패스 (ko) (paeseu)
• Russian: путь (ru) (putʹ) m
• Turkish: yol (tr)

graph theory: a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another

• Danish: vej (da) c
• Dutch: pad (nl) n
• Estonian: ahel (et)
• Finnish: polku (fi)
• German: Pfad (de) m

• Hebrew: מסלול (he) (maslúl) m
• Italian: cammino (it) m
• Japanese: 軌跡 (ja) (きせき, kiseki), パス (ja) (ぱす, pasu)
• Russian: путь (put’) m
• Swahili: ujia (sw)

topology: a continuous map

• Dutch: pad (nl) n
• German: Weg (de) m

• Hebrew: מסילה (he) (mesilá) f

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: shteg
• Basque: bide
• Catalan: senda f
• Mandarin: 路径 (lùjìng)
• Serbo-Croatian: staza f
• Esperanto: irvojeto
• Ewe: afɔmɔ n (trail)
• German: Pfad m
• Guaraní: tape
• Indonesian: jalur
• Interlingua: cammino, sentiero

• Isthmus Zapotec: neza
• Latin: semita f, trames m
• Norwegian: sti m
• Portuguese: caminho m, senda f
• Romanian: cale f, drum n
• Slovak: cesta f
• Spanish: camino m, sendero m
• Tupinambá: apé (t-)
• Volapük: luveg
• Welsh: llwybr m

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, (DRAFT REVISION June 2005)

Anagrams

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