bypass

See also: by-pass

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 (hu)
• Indonesian: jalan lingkar (id), jalan elak
• Irish: seachbhealach m, seachbhóthar m, seachród m
• Japanese: 迂回路 (ukairo), バイパス (baipasu)
• 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, libramiento m (Mexico)
• 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 (hu), 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 (hu), sönt (hu)
• 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.
   • 1606, William Warner, “The Fourteenth Booke. Chapter LXXXII.”, in A Continuance of Albions England: […], London: […] Felix Kyngston [and Richard Bradock?] for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 344:

     More to theyr proper Elements inaugurated none, / Than ſhee to hers by-paſſed, he to his poſſeſſed Throne.

   • 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)
• Italian: aggirare (it), bypassare (it), evitare (it), scavalcare (it)
• 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)
• Italian: ignorare (it), bypassare (it)
• Maori: tīpoka
• Portuguese: contornar (pt)

Derived terms

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

Anagrams

• pass by

Basque

Etymology

From English bypass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bai̯pas̺/ [bai̯.pas̺]
• Rhymes: -ai̯pas̺

Noun

bypass inan

1. (medicine) bypass

Declension

Declension of bypass (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	bypass	bypass-a	bypass-ak
ergative	bypass-ek	bypass-ak	bypass-ek
dative	bypass-i	bypass-ari	bypass-ei
genitive	bypass-en	bypass-aren	bypass-en
comitative	bypass-ekin	bypass-arekin	bypass-ekin
causative	bypass-engatik	bypass-arengatik	bypass-engatik
benefactive	bypass-entzat	bypass-arentzat	bypass-entzat
instrumental	bypass-ez	bypass-az	bypass-ez
inessive	bypass-etan	bypass-ean	bypass-etan
locative	bypass-etako	bypass-eko	bypass-etako
allative	bypass-etara	bypass-era	bypass-etara
terminative	bypass-etaraino	bypass-eraino	bypass-etaraino
directive	bypass-etarantz	bypass-erantz	bypass-etarantz
destinative	bypass-etarako	bypass-erako	bypass-etarako
ablative	bypass-etatik	bypass-etik	bypass-etatik
partitive	bypass-ik	—	—
prolative	bypass-tzat	—	—

Further reading

• “bypass”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

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