English

On- and off-street tramway in the Czech Republic

A cable car tramway in the United States

Noun

tramway ‎(plural tramways)

1. the track on which a tram (streetcar) runs
2. the system of cables that supports a cable car

Derived terms

• aerial tramway
• cable tramway

Descendants

• Russian: трамвай ‎(tramvaj)
  • Armenian: տրամվայ ‎(tramvay)
  • Azeri: tramvay
  • Bashkir: трамвай ‎(tramvay)
  • Georgian: ტრამვაი ‎(ṭramvai)
  • Kazakh: трамвай ‎(tramvay)
  • Kyrgyz: трамвай ‎(tramvay)
  • Tajik: трамвай ‎(tramvay)
  • Tatar: трамвай ‎(tramway)
  • Turkmen: tramwaý
  • Uzbek: tramvay

French

tramway

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch trame, ultimately from a lost West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.mwɛ/

Noun

tramway m ‎(plural tramways)

1. tram (passenger vehicle)