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/ty.nɛl/
Translation
tunnel
Word origin
Borrowed in the nineteenth century from English 'tunnel', which had itself been taken from Old French tonnel ('cask, barrel'), a diminutive of tonne ('tun'). The word travelled to England, changed meaning to an underground passage, and came back.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- tunnel
- English cognates
- tunnel, tun
Grammar
Examples
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The train is entering the Channel Tunnel.
embouteillage .
There is a traffic jam at the exit of the tunnel.
phares .
Turn your headlights on before going through the tunnel.
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The workers dug a tunnel three kilometres long.
, .
After some difficult months, we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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