See also: conduït

English edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndʒʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɑndɪt/
  • (file)

Noun edit

conduit (plural conduits)

  1. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
  2. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
  3. (figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.
    The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
  4. (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.

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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French conduit (noun, past participle) from Latin conductus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

conduit m (plural conduits)

  1. conduit (connecting pipe/channel)
  2. a conductus

Participle edit

conduit (feminine conduite, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduites)

  1. past participle of conduire

Verb edit

conduit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of conduire

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