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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lane"

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Etymology

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”).

Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lane (plural lanes)

  1. (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
    Penny Lane
  2. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
    There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.
  3. A narrow road, as in the country.
  4. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
    Drivers should overtake in the outside lane
    We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.
    the exit lane
  5. (athletics) A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
    There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.
  6. (swimming) A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.
    a swimming lane
  7. Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
    the checkout lanes in a supermarket
  8. A course designated for ships or aircraft.
    shipping lane
  9. (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
    We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.
  10. (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  11. (computing) Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
  12. (video games) In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
  13. (horse racing) The home stretch.
    And it's Uncle Mo in front by two as they come to the top of the lane.

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

lane f

  1. wool

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French l’année (“the year”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lane

  1. year

Italian

Noun

lane f

  1. plural of lana

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛːn/, [lɛːn], [lɛdn]

Adjective

lane

  1. full
    T’eh lane dy chreeaght.
    He is full of confidence.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English lanu, from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō.

The form lone continues Mercian Old English lone, reflecting the dialectal rounding of Germanic */ɑn/. In most words, this rounding is only apparent in West Midland Middle English, but lone is the usual Northern form as well, making it a relic of the wider Old English distribution.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːn(ə)/
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ̞ːn(ə)/ (West Midland, Northern)

Noun

lane (plural lanes)

  1. lane, alley (narrow passage between buildings)
  2. (by extension) Any road or street.
  3. (rare) A path or track.

Descendants

  • English: lane (dialectal loan)
  • Scots: lone, loan
  • Yola: laane
  • → Irish: lána

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