English

Etymology
Old English pæþ, from West Germanic *paþa-, of uncertain origin, but perhaps an early borrowing from an Iranian language (Avestan p�nt� (nominative), p�θ� (genitive) way, Old Persian p�thi-), in which case it would be derived from the same Indo-European root as English find). Cognate with Dutch pad#Dutch|pad, German Pfad.

Pronunciation
IPA|/pæθ/
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��θ|-��θ

Noun
en-noun

(physical)

1. a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
2. a course taken.

(abstract)

1. a metaphorical course.
2. a method or direction of proceeding.
3. a sequence (in the graph theory) of vertex|vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edge|edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).

Synonyms
(1): track, trail

Derived terms
pathway
footpath
path of least resistance

Translations
trans-top|a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians
Arabic: Arab|طر�� IPAchar|(�arīeq) m
Chinese: 路� (lùjìng), �� (xījìng)
Danish: sti c, havegang c, passage c
Dutch: pad#Dutch|pad
Finnish: polku
French: sentier m
German: Pfad m
Hungarian: ösvény, út
Italian: sentiero m
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Japanese: �� (���, komichi)
Korean: 길 (gil)
Kurdish: KUchar|��, KUchar|��گ��
Portuguese: trilha f
Russian: ��опа (tropá) f, ��опинка (tropínka) f, до�ожка (doróžka) f
Slovene: pot f, steza f
Spanish: senda f
Swedish: stig n
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trans-top|a course taken
Danish: retning c, vej c
Finnish: polku, reitti, rata
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Kurdish: KUchar|Ú�Û�
Russian: п��� (put�) m, до�ога (doróga) f
Slovene: pot f
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trans-top|a metaphorical course
Danish: retning c, vej c
Finnish: latu, tola, polku
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Kurdish: KUchar|��, KUchar|��باز
Russian: �� (put�) m
Slovene: pot f
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trans-top|a method or direction of proceeding
Danish: vej c
Finnish: suunta, reitti
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Russian: п��� (put�) m, �по�об (spósob) m
Slovene: pot f
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trans-top|a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another
Danish: vej c
Finnish: polku
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Russian: �� (put�) m
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ttbc|Albanian: shteg
ttbc|Basque: bide
ttbc|Catalan: senda f
ttbc|Chinese: 路� (lùjìng)
ttbc|Croatian: staza f
ttbc|Dutch: pad n
ttbc|Ewe: af�m� n (trail)
ttbc|French: sentier m
ttbc|German: Pfad m
ttbc|Guaraní: tape
ttbc|Hungarian: ösvény
ttbc|Indonesian: jalur
ttbc|Interlingua: cammino, sentiero
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ttbc|Isthmus Zapotec: neza
ttbc|Italian: sentiero m
ttbc|Japanese: �路 (���, tsūro), �� (pasu)
ttbc|Latin: semita f, trames m
ttbc|Norwegian: sti m
ttbc|Portuguese: caminho m, senda f
ttbc|Romanian: cale f, drum n
ttbc|Slovak: cesta f
ttbc|Spanish: camino m, sendero m
ttbc|Tupinambá: apé (t-)
ttbc|Volapük: luveg
ttbc|Welsh: llwybr m
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References
Oxford English Dictionary, (DRAFT REVISION June 2005)

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