autoroute
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- noun
- /ˈɔːtəˌruːt/
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autopista
- I've spent quite a bit of time driving on European autoroutes.
Examples
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There was time for a short visit to Pisa to see the famous leaning tower, and then it was autoroute time.
Academic text (1999) -
The Eastern Townships Autoroute was a bit better than the back roads, but not much.
Fiction book (2000) -
-Why are you doing this, Floyd?-Get on the autoroute.
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Autoroute du Gouverneur Thomas Sullivan
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The traffic is often terrible; the Autoroute du Soleil becomes a parking lot during the season of Soleil, and so on.
Blog text (28) -
In most of Europe, the autoroute speed limit is 130 km/h in non-urban areas—about 80 mph—not significantly different than in the U.S.
Blog text (12) -
Siena is only an hour's drive from Florence if you take the autoroute (S2), but we took Fodor's advice and took the slow, scenic route, the S222 that passes through the famous vineyards of Chianti.
Academic text (1999) -
To reach the coast quickly, take the A1 autoroute from Paris.
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Driving along the autoroute, we admired the beautiful French countryside.
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During summer, the autoroute can get quite congested with holiday travelers.
Synonyms
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1.0
A road or path people use to travel between places
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1.0
A main road that connects big towns or cities for long trips
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5.8
A very fast road in Germany or Austria sometimes with no speed limit
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Autoroute comes from French and is made of auto 'car' and route 'road'. So an autoroute is like a 'car road', a major highway for fast long-distance travel.