pathway

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English pathwei, equivalent to path +‎ way. Cognate with German Pfadweg, Afrikaans padweg.

NounEdit

pathway (plural pathways)

1. A footpath or other path or track.
2. (biochemistry) A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.

TranslationsEdit

footpath, path or track

• Galician: camiño (gl) m, sendeiro (gl) m, carreiro m
• German: Bahn (de) f, Pfad (de) m
• Ngunawal: mura, murra

• Swedish: stig (sv) c
• Turkish: patika (tr), yolak (tr)

biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds

• French: voie (fr)
• Italian: via (it), pathway

• Portuguese: via (pt)
• Spanish: via (es), ruta (es)

ReferencesEdit

• Joe Miller (24 January 2018), “Davos jargon: A crime against the English language?”, in BBC News‎^[1], BBC