lane
/leɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.57 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
noun
A narrow road, as in the country.
noun
Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
noun
A course designated for ships or aircraft.
Example Sentences
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: lane, lanu, *lanu, *lanō, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /leɪn/
- British English: /leɪn/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Sports.