carril

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus (“chariot”), with influence from carrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈril]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈril]

Noun

carril m (plural carrils)

1. lane, track
2. rail (the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad)

   Synonyms: rail, riell

Derived terms

• carril bici
• carrilada
• carrilaire
• descarrilar
• encarrilar
• ferrocarril

 

Related terms

• carro

Further reading

• “carril” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “carril” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “carril” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From carro +‎ -il, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus, with influence from carrus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁiw/ [kaˈhiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁiw/ [kaˈhiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁiw/ [kaˈχかいiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁil/ [kɐˈʁiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁil/ [kɐˈʁiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁi.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: car‧ril

Noun

carril m (plural carris)

1. rail (the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad)

   Synonyms: calha, trilho

Derived terms

• descarrilar

Related terms

• carro

Further reading

• “carril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Sense 1

Etymology

From carro +‎ -il, or from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus, with influence from carrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈril/ [kaˈril]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: ca‧rril

Noun

carril m (plural carriles)

1. lane (a lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles)

   Synonym: (Venezuela) canal

2. track
3. rail

   Synonyms: raíl, rail, riel

4. lane (in sports such as horse racing, swimming, track, etc.)

Derived terms

• carril bici

 

Related terms

• acarrillar
• autocarril
• carrilada
• carrilero
• carrillo
• carro
• carruaje
• descarrilar
• encarrilar
• ferrocarril

 

Further reading

• “carril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28