bypass

English

Alternative forms

• by-pass

Etymology

From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- +‎ pass.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪpæs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪpɑːs/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: by‧pass

Noun

bypass (plural bypasses)

1. A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
2. The act of going past or around.
3. A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
4. An electrical shunt.
5. (medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

Translations

road

• Bulgarian: обиколен път m (obikolen pǎt)
• Catalan: apartador m, variant (ca) f, camí secundari m, ronda (carretera) (ca) m
• Czech: obchvat (cs) m
• Danish: omfartsvej (da) c
• Dutch: wegomleiding f, rondweg (nl) m, sluipweg (nl) m,
• Finnish: ohikulkutie (fi), ohitustie (fi)
• French: déviation (fr) f, contournement (fr) m
• Galician: variante (gl) f
• German: Umgehungsstraße (de) f
• Greek: πάροδος (el) f (párodos), πλάγια οδός f (plágia odós), παρακαμπτήριος (el) f (parakamptírios)
• Hungarian: elkerülő út (hu), kerülőút (hu), terelőút
• Irish: seachbhealach m, seachbhóthar m, seachród m
• Japanese: 迂回路 (ukairo), バイパス (paipasu)
• Latvian: apvedceļš m
• Malay: pintasan (ms)
• Maori: ara autaki
• Polish: obwodnica (pl) f
• Portuguese: desvio (pt) m, contorno (pt) m
• Romanian: deviație (ro) f, ocolire (ro) f
• Russian: обходно́й путь m (obxodnój putʹ), обходна́я доро́га f (obxodnája doróga)
• Spanish: variante (es) f
• Swedish: förbifart (sv) c, kringled c, förbifartsled (sv) c, omfartsväg

circumvention

• Afrikaans: afvlak
• Bulgarian: заобикаляне (bg) n (zaobikaljane)
• Catalan: desviació (ca) f
• Dutch: omweg (nl) m, rondweg (nl) m
• Finnish: kiertäminen (fi), ohikulku, ohitus (fi)
• French: contournement (fr) m
• German: Umgehung (de) f
• Greek: παράκαμψη (el) f (parákampsi), καταστρατήγηση (el) f (katastratígisi)
• Hungarian: megkerülés, elkerülés (hu)
• Portuguese: desvio (pt) m
• Russian: обхо́д (ru) m (obxód)

section of pipe

• Bulgarian: байпас m (bajpas)
• Catalan: derivació (ca) f, canal de derivació f, canal d'alimentació f
• Dutch: omleiding (nl) f
• Finnish: ohitusputki
• Russian: байпа́с (ru) m (bajpás)

electrical shunt

• Bulgarian: шунт m (šunt)
• Catalan: canal de derivació f, canal d'alimentació f
• Dutch: parallelschakeling (nl) f, shunt (nl) m
• Finnish: ohituskytkentä
• Hungarian: mellékáramkör, sönt
• Russian: байпа́с (ru) m (bajpás), шунт (ru) m (šunt)
• Tagalog: lulos (tl)

alternative passage for a bodily fluid

• Bulgarian: байпас m (bajpas)
• Catalan: bypass (ca) m, anastomosi de derivació per a revascularització cardíaca f (cardiac bypass)
• Czech: bypass ?
• Finnish: ohitus (fi) (passage); ohitusleikkaus (fi) (operation)
• French: pontage (fr) m, dérivation (fr) f
• German: Bypass (de) m
• Greek: παράκαμψη (el) f (parákampsi), αορτοστεφανιαία παράκαμψη f (aortostefaniaía parákampsi) (cardiac bypass)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} megkerülő érszakasz, ^{(please verify)} bypass érszakasz, ^{(please verify)} megkerülő érpálya, ^{(please verify)} bypass érpálya
• Irish: seach-chonair f
• Japanese: バイパス (baipasu)
• Polish: bajpas (pl) m
• Portuguese: ponte (pt) f, bypass (pt) m
• Russian: шунтирование (ru) m (šuntirovanije), байпа́с (ru) m (bajpás), экстракорпоральное кровообращение (ekstrakorporalʹnoje krovoobraščenije)
• Spanish: baipás (es) m
• Swedish: bypass (sv) ?
• Tagalog: lulos (tl)

Verb

bypass (third-person singular simple present bypasses, present participle bypassing, simple past and past participle bypassed)

1. To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
2. To ignore the usual channels or procedures.
   • 1948 December 15, “Peace Talks”, in Evening Examiner‎^[1], volume XCVII, number 139, Petersborough, page 2, column 1:

     Another force, also from the east, has by-passed Peiping and is striking southward. It apparently intends to swing eastward to form a junction, which probably will be effected near Langfang, on the railroad 30 miles southeast of Peiping.

   • 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52:

     Thanks to Brexit, many ferry companies now run direct from Ireland to the EU mainland, bypassing UK ports such as Fishguard, with an impact on traffic.

Translations

to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass

• Finnish: sivuuttaa (fi), ohittaa (fi), väistää (fi)
• French: contourner (fr)
• German: umgehen (de), ausweichen (de)
• Greek: παρακάμπτω (el) (parakámpto)
• Hungarian: elkerül (hu), megkerül (hu), kikerül (hu)
• Japanese: 迂回する (ukai-suru)
• Maori: tīpoka, hohoni
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omgå

  Nynorsk: omgå

• Portuguese: contornar (pt)
• Spanish: bypasear

to ignore the usual channels or procedures

• Bulgarian: заобикалям (bg) (zaobikaljam)
• Dutch: omzeilen (nl)
• Finnish: sivuuttaa (fi), ohittaa (fi), kiertää (fi)
• French: contourner (fr), passer outre (fr)
• Greek: παρακάμπτω (el) (parakámpto)
• Hungarian: megkerül (hu), kikerül (hu), figyelmen kívül hagy (hu)
• Maori: tīpoka
• Portuguese: contornar (pt)

Derived terms

• antibypass
• bypass air
• bypass duct
• bypasser
• bypass ratio
• coronary artery bypass

Anagrams

• pass by

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

Noun

bypass m

1. bypass

Derived terms

• bypassare (verb)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbaj.ˈpɛs/

Noun

bypass m (plural bypasses or bypass)

1. (medicine) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ)

   Synonym: ponte

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

Noun

bypass n (plural bypassuri)

1. (medicine) bypass

Declension

Declension of bypass

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bypass	bypassul	(niște) bypassuri	bypassurile
genitive/dative	(unui) bypass	bypassului	(unor) bypassuri	bypassurilor
vocative	bypassule		bypassurilor

Spanish

Alternative forms

• baipás

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaipas/ [ˈbai̯.pas]
• Rhymes: -aipas

Noun

bypass m (plural bypass)

1. bypass

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “bypass”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014