lane

Etymology

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lane, lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), German Low German Lane (“lane”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), Middle Low German lane (“a narrow passage, cattle-track”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /leɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophone: lain

Noun

lane (plural lanes)

1. (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare
2. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
3. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles
4. A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart
5. A course designated for ships or aircraft
6. (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
7. (computing) Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.

Further reading

• lane in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lane in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• lane at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Lena, Nale, Neal, elan, enal, lean, nale, neal, élan

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

lane f

1. wool

Etymology

From French l’année (“the year”).

Noun

lane

1. year

Noun

lane f

1. plural of lana

Anagrams

• lena

Etymology

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛdn]

Adjective

lane

1. full

   T’eh lane dy chreeaght.

   He is full of confidence.

Etymology

See lone.

Adjective

lane (not comparable)

1. alone

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *olnę.

Etymology 2

Same as lȃni.