expressway

English

US 131, an expressway in Wyoming, Michigan. Local roads cross over the highway on overpasses.

Alternative forms

• expy (contraction)

Etymology

From express +‎ way.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eksˈpɹɛs.weɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

expressway (plural expressways)

1. (US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
2. (Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway
3. (UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.

Synonyms

(abbreviations)

• ewy / ewy.
• expwy / expwy.
• expy / expy.

Derived terms

(abbreviations)

• ewy / ewy.
• expy / expy.
• expwy / expwy.

Translations

US: divided highway

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高速公路 (zh) (gāosùgōnglù)

• Danish: motorvej (da) c
• Dutch: expressweg, snelweg (nl)
• Finnish: moottoritie (fi)
• French: autoroute (fr) f
• German: Autobahn (de)
• Greek: αυτοκινητόδρομος (el) m (aftokinitódromos)
• Hungarian: autópálya (hu)
• Interlingua: autostrata
• Italian: superstrada (it)
• Japanese: 高速道路 (ja) (こうそくどうろ, kōsoku-dōro), 自動車道 (jidōshadō)
• Korean: 고속도로(高速道路) (ko) (gosokdoro)
• Lithuanian: greitkelis (lt)
• Macedonian: автопат (avtopat)
• Malay: lebuh raya (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motorvei (no) m

• Polish: autostrada (pl) f
• Portuguese: auto-estrada (pt)
• Russian: автомагистра́ль (ru) (avtomagistrálʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: autocesta (sh)
• Shona: marodi
• Spanish: autopista (es)
• Swedish: motorväg (sv)
• Turkish: otoyol (tr)
• Vietnamese: đường cao tốc (vi)
• Volapük: motoraveg

freeway — see freeway

NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards

• Danish: motortrafikvej
• Finnish: moottoriliikennetie (fi)
• French: voie express (fr) f
• German: Kraftfahrstraße (de)
• Korean: 고속화도로 (gosokhwadoro)
• Lithuanian: greitkelis (lt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motortrafikkvei

  Nynorsk: motortrafikkveg

• Polish: droga ekspresowa (pl) f
• Swedish: motortrafikled (sv)
• Turkish: motorlu taşıt yolu, ekspres yol (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} luasbhealach m

See also

• autoroute
• carriageway
• freeway
• highway
• motorway

Further reading

• expressway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia