bypass

English

Etymology

by- +‎ pass

Alternative forms

• by-pass

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪpæs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪpɑːs/
• Hyphenation: by‧pass

Noun

bypass (plural bypasses)

1. a road that passes around something, such as a residential area
2. a circumvention
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 (ca) m (carretera)
• 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
• 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

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)
• 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, canal d'alimentació
• Dutch: omleiding (nl) f

• Finnish: ohitusputki
• Russian: байпа́с (ru) m (bajpás)

electrical shunt

• Bulgarian: шунт m (šunt)
• Catalan: canal de derivació, canal d'alimentació
• 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 (per al cor: anastomosi de derivació per a revascularització cardíaca)
• Czech: bypass
• Finnish: ohitus (fi) (passage); ohitusleikkaus (fi) (operation)
• French: pontage (fr) m
• German: Bypass (de) m
• Greek: παράκαμψη (el) f (parákampsi), αορτοστεφανιαία παράκαμψη f (aortostefaniaía parákampsi) (cardiac bypass)

• Hungarian: megkerülő/bypass érszakasz/érpálya
• Japanese: バイパス (baipasu)
• Portuguese: ponte (pt) f, bypass (pt) m
• Russian: шунт (ru) m (šunt), байпа́с (ru) m (bajpás)
• 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

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)
• Maori: tīpoka, hohoni
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omgå

  Nynorsk: omgå

• Portuguese: contornar (pt)

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)

Related terms

• antibypass
• bypasser
• coronary artery bypass

Anagrams

• pass by

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bypass.

Noun

bypass m (plural bypass)

1. bypass

Derived terms

• bypassare (verb)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

Synonyms

• ponte

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Spanish

Noun

bypass m (plural bypass)

1. bypass