An airplane touched down on the runway.
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Runway
//ˈɹʌnweɪ//
Synonyms for "runway" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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More general
7 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesat location
6 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
8 entriespart of
2 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesused for
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
167 translations across 60 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- aanloopbaan noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Albanian
1 entries- pistë noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Arabic
3 entries- مدرج noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- مَدْرَج noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- مُدَرَّجُ الْمَطَارِ noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Armenian
1 entries- թռիչքուղի noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- uçuş-eniş zolağı noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Basque
1 entries- pista noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Belarusian
3 entries- УПП noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- по́дыум noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- узлётна-паса́дачная паласа́ noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Bulgarian
4 entries- пи́ста noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- по́диум noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- подхо́д noun (section of land or artificial structure used for access)
- ру́сло noun (stream bed)
Burmese
1 entries- လေယာဉ်ပြေးလမ်း noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Catalan
2 entries- passarel·la noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- pista noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 伸展臺 /伸展台 noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- 滑出跑道 noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- 跑道 noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- 降落跑道 noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Czech
4 entries- molo noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- ranvej noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- runway noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- vzletová a přistávací dráha noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Danish
2 entries- landingsbane noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- startbane noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Dutch
3 entries- catwalk noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- landingsbaan noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- startbaan noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Esperanto
2 entries- avia dromo noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- avia kurejo noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Estonian
1 entries- rada noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Faroese
1 entries- flogbreyt noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Finnish
4 entries- catwalk noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- joenpohja noun (stream bed)
- jokiuoma noun (stream bed)
- kiitorata noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
French
4 entries- passerelle noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- piste noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- piste d'atterrissage noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- podium noun (walkway extending from a stage)
Georgian
1 entries- ასაფრენ-დასაჯდომი ზოლი noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
German
4 entries- Flussbett noun (stream bed)
- Landebahn noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- Laufsteg noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- SLB noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Greek
1 entries- διάδρομος noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַסלוּל הַמרָאָה noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Hungarian
4 entries- csapás noun (usual path taken by wild animals)
- fel- és leszállópálya noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- folyamágy noun (stream bed)
- folyosó noun (section of land or artificial structure used for access)
Icelandic
1 entries- flugbraut noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Indonesian
2 entries- landas pacu noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- landasan pacu noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- بانْد noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- بانْدِ فُرودْگاه noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Irish
2 entries- ardán taispeána noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- rúidbhealach noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Italian
4 entries- alveo noun (stream bed)
- autonomia noun (number of months that a startup company can operate on its cash reserves)
- autosufficienza noun (number of months that a startup company can operate on its cash reserves)
- circuito noun ((athletics) short track)
Japanese
2 entries- ランウエー noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- 滑走路 noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Kazakh
2 entries- ҰҚЖ noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- ұшу-қону жолағы noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Khmer
2 entries- ផ្លូវយន្តហោះឡើងចុះ noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- ផ្លូវរត់យន្តហោះ noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Korean
2 entries- 런웨이 noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- 활주로 noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Latvian
3 entries- ieskrējiena ceļš noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- skrejceļš noun ((athletics) short track)
- starta ceļš noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kilimo ir tūpimo takas noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Macedonian
1 entries- писта noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Malay
1 entries- landasan terbang noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Nepali
1 entries- धावन मार्ग noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rullebane noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- rullebane noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Polish
3 entries- droga startowa noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- pas startowy noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- wybieg noun (walkway extending from a stage)
Portuguese
3 entries- passarela noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- pista noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- pista de pouso noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Romanian
1 entries- pistă noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Russian
4 entries- ВПП noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- взлётная полоса́ noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- взлётно-поса́дочная полоса́ noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- доро́жка noun ((athletics) short track)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- raon-laighe noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pȉsta noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- pȉsta noun ((athletics) short track)
- pȉsta noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- пи̏ста noun (walkway extending from a stage)
Slovak
1 entries- vzletová a pristávacia dráha noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Slovene
1 entries- pristajalna steza noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Spanish
4 entries- pasarela noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- pista noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- pista de aterrizaje noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- pista de despegue noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Swedish
4 entries- catwalk noun (walkway extending from a stage)
- djurstig noun (usual path taken by wild animals)
- djurstråk noun (usual path taken by wild animals)
- landningsbana noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Tagalog
1 entries- patakbuhan noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Tajik
1 entries- хати парвоз noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Tatar
1 entries- очып менү-төшү юлы noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Thai
4 entries- ทางขึ้น noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- ทางวิ่งเครื่องบิน noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- รันเวย์ noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- ลานบิน noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Tibetan
1 entries- གནམ་གྲུ་བབ་ལམ noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Turkish
1 entries- pist noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ЗПС noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- злі́тна сму́га noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- злі́тно-поса́дочна сму́га noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- злі́тно-посадко́ва сму́га noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Urdu
2 entries- رَن وے noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- ہَوائی پَٹِّی noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đường băng noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Welsh
3 entries- gwely noun (stream bed)
- llwybr glanio noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
- rhedfa noun ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
The Miss Universe contestant tripped on her gown but got up again gracefully and continued down the runway.
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The airplane landed safely on the runway.
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The aircraft began to taxi to runway 4.
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