quai
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9.4
- noun
- /keɪ/
:
muelle
- As the pedestrians flow along the bridges or mill about on the quai, their paths and patterns of movement are largely dictated by the freshly imposed urban layout, yet at the same time contribute to defining the evolving identity of the reconfigured city.
Examples
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He crosses the street and looks down to the quai below.
Fiction book (2002) -
A wide channel of green water runs under bridges, under high plane trees, along the quai.
Fiction book (1998) -
Our viewpoint onto the busy scene is elevated above the street, looking down on the quai from the perspective of a first-story window.
Academic text (2015) -
The houses along the quai are dignified, heavy, eighteenth-century, barred, and shuttered.
Fiction book (1998) -
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to investigate the safety and efficacy of such botanical estrogens as wild yam, soy, and dong quai, and particularly their potential to contribute to cancer in women.
Blog text (19) -
Families enjoy picnics while sitting on the quai, watching boats drift by.
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The café on the quai offers a perfect view of the river as people stroll by.
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Children play happily on the quai while their parents relax on nearby benches.
Synonyms
57
2.6
A platform at the edge of the water where boats stop to let people or goods on and off
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8.2
A raised path by the water where ships load and unload
7
3.4
An area next to a dock where boats are loaded or unloaded
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4.8
The area next to the water by a dock where people walk or load ships
Compounds
A street in Paris by the Seine often used as a name for the French foreign ministry
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quai is a French word for the platform or walkway at the water's edge. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the Latin cavea 'hollow' and the English word cave, so you can picture a hollow space along the bank where boats come in, which is why quai means the place for boats and people to walk.