Definition
A road or path designed and maintained for carriages and wheeled vehicles to travel on; in British English, specifically the part of a road where traffic travels.
Etymology
Carriage + way (path or route). This compound term solidified in the 18th century as roads were increasingly engineered to accommodate the growing number of wheeled vehicles.
Kelly Says
The term 'carriageway' is still the official term in UK road law today—British motorways have 'near-side carriageways' and 'far-side carriageways,' keeping alive a word that dates back centuries.
Translations
ARالعربية
مسار المركبات
masar al-marakib
CSČeština
jízdní pruh
yeezd-ni prooh
DADansk
kørselsfelt
kør-sels-felt
DEDeutsch
Fahrbahn
far-bahn
ELΕλληνικά
διαδρομή
dee-a-drom-ee
FISuomi
ajokaista
a-jo-kai-sta
FRFrançais
voie de circulation
vwah duh sir-kew-lay-syohn
HEעברית
נתיב נסיעה
na-tiv nes-ee-a
HUMagyar
forgalmi sáv
for-gal-mi sav
IDBahasa Indonesia
lajur
la-jur
ITItaliano
carreggiata
kar-e-d-ja-ta
KKKK
көлік жолы
kōlik jolı
MSBahasa Melayu
lorong
lo-rong
NLNederlands
rijbaan
rij-baan
NONorsk
kjørefelt
kjø-re-felt
PLPolski
pas jezdni
pas yehzd-ni
PTPortuguês
faixa de rodagem
fay-zah duh roh-d-zhem
RORomână
căruia
kar-oo-ya
RUРусский
проезжая часть
proyezhdaya chast'
SVSvenska
körfältet
kōr-fäl-tet
SWKiswahili
barabara
ba-ra-ba-ra
THไทย
ช่องทางจราจร
chong-taan-ja-ra-jat
VITiếng Việt
đường xe
dương xe