Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corridor

/ˈkoɹəˌdoɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: cor-ri-dor
IPA: /ˈkoɹəˌdoɹ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

noun

A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.

noun

The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

noun

Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

noun

The land near an important road, river, railway line.

Example Sentences

"There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place."
"Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car."
"My mind drifts now and then / Lookin' down dark corridors and wonders what might have been / Something's up ahead / Hey, should I keep this same direction or go back instead?"
"In addition, there are two up and two down korridorzug ^([sic]) [Korridorzüge] of the O.B.B. which run through from Innsbruck to Reutte via the Mittenwald line, but which are "sealed" between Scharnitz through Garmisch-Partenkirchen as far as Ehrwald, carrying passengers only from Austria to Austria; the korridor thus refers to the corridor through Germany and not through the train."
"Main Street corridor"
"Pike-Pine Corridor, Seattle"

Etymology

Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: corridor, corridore

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkoɹəˌdoɹ/
British English: /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/

Inflected Forms

corridors (plural)

Derived Forms

corridored corridorless corridorlike noncorridor utilidor

Phrases

air corridor boom corridor corridor care corridor discussion corridor disease corridor of uncertainty corridor shooter corridors of power

Questions

How do you pronounce corridor?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkoɹəˌdoɹ/.
What does corridor mean?: A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
Where does corridor come from?: It is traced to French.

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