l'
/o.tɔ.ʁut/
Translation
motorway, dual carriageway
Word origin
A twentieth-century compound of auto ('car', short for automobile) and route ('road'), modelled on the Italian autostrada.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- auto route
Grammar
Examples
L' .
The motorway has been blocked since this morning.
l' ' .
We took the motorway all the way to the sea.
week-end.
The motorways are packed at the weekend.
l'.
He drives fast on the motorway.
l' .
An accident closed the southern motorway.
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