conduit
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See also: conduït
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndʒʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndɪt/, (obsolete) /ˈkʌndɪt/[1]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɑndɪt/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]conduit (plural conduits)
- A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
- A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
- (figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.
- The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
- (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pipe or channel for conveying water
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duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
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A means by which something is transmitted
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References
[edit]- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 3.442, page 85.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French conduit (noun, past participle) from Latin conductus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]conduit m (plural conduits)
Participle
[edit]conduit (feminine conduite, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduites)
Verb
[edit]conduit
Further reading
[edit]- “conduit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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