culvert

English




Etymology
Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested:


 * a dialectal word,
 * a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor,
 * a derivation from, although is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is  or ,
 * a derivation from an unrecorded word, possibly, a combination of , from , and.

Noun

 * 1) A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, grondzijl, ,
 * Esperanto: tunelponto, torentdrenilo, drenilo
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κορχυρέα
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Maori: karawata
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: galeria de drenagem, passagem hidráulica
 * Russian: водопропускная труба
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: alkantarilya
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1) To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert.

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) vile, nefarious