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Etymology
OE. term|stræt||paved road, Roman road, from West Germanic, from late Latin term|strata|lang=la, used as a short form of term||via strata|paved road. The West Germanic form also gave Dutch term|straat, German term|Stra�e (Scandinavian forms are borrowed from Old English); cognates from Latin include Portuguese term|estrada, Italian term|strada.

Noun
en-noun

1. A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
2. A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
3. The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.

Usage notes
sense|paved part of road qualifier|Regional The term term|street is used with the preposition term|in. Something is in the street, but on the road. To "be on the street" means to be living an insecure life, often one associated with homelessness or crime. To "hear something on the street" means to learn about something through rumor.

Derived terms
street smarts
streetwalker
street drugs
streetlight

Latin: via, vicus (3)
Lithuanian: t+|lt|gatv�|f|xs=Lithuanian
Northern Sami: gáhta, gáhtta
Norwegian: t-|no|gate
Occitan: carrièra f
Persian: t-|fa|خ�ابا�|trkhiyâbân|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|ulica
Portuguese: t+|pt|rua|f
Romanian: t-|ro|strad�|f
Russian: t+|ru|�ли�а|f|trúlitsa|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: sràid f
Skolt Sami: uu´lec
Slovak: ulica#Slovak|ulica f (1, 2)
Slovene: t+|sl|ulica|f
Spanish: t+|es|calle|f
Swedish: t+|sv|gata
Telugu: వ�ధి (veedhi)
Tetum: lurón
Tupinambá: apé (t-)
Ukrainian: в�ли�� (vúlytsja) f
Volapük: süt
Welsh: t-|cy|heol|f|xs=Welsh
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• 2007-12-26 16:21 - Physchim62 - /* Translations */ correct gender of Catalan

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