Tunnel

//ˈtʌn(ə)l//

Synonyms for "tunnel" (124 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(1 words)
burrow
Verb(1 words)
burrow

Strong matches (37)

Related words (62)

Verb(1 words)
undermine

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3 entries

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

118 translations across 82 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • tonnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Albanian

1 entries
  • tunel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Arabic

2 entries
  • نَفَق noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • نَفَق noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թունել noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Assamese

1 entries
  • সুড়ঙ্গ noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܚܘܼܠܵܢܵܐ noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • ܚܠܵܠܵܐ noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • tunel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • тунэ́ль noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Bengali

1 entries
  • সুড়ঙ্গ noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • туне́л noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Burmese

2 entries
  • လိုဏ်ခေါင်း noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • ဥမင် noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 地下道 noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • 坑道 noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • 隧道 noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 地下道 noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • 坑道 noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • 隧道 noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kowfordh noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Czech

1 entries
  • tunel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Danish

1 entries
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Dutch

1 entries
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tunelo noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tunnil noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Finnish

1 entries
  • tunneli noun (an underground or underwater passage)

French

1 entries
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Galician

1 entries
  • túnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გვირაბი noun (an underground or underwater passage)

German

2 entries
  • Stollen noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • Tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Greek

1 entries
  • σήραγγα noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ટનલ noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • tinèl noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מִנהָרָה noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सुरंग noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • alagút noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • göng noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • undirgöng noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Ido

1 entries
  • tunelo noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • lorong noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • terowongan noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • تونِل noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Irish

1 entries
  • tollán noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Italian

4 entries
  • cunicolo noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • galleria noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • traforo noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Japanese

4 entries
  • トンネル noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • 地下道 noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • 坑道 noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • 隧道 noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಸುರಂಗ noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • түнел noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ឧម្មុង្គ noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Korean

3 entries
  • 갱도 noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • 땅굴 noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • 터널 noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • туннель noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Lao

1 entries
  • ອຸມົງ noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Latin

2 entries
  • crypta noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • cuniculus noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Latvian

1 entries
  • tunelis noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • tönnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tunelis noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ту́нел noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Malay

3 entries
  • tembusan noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • terowong noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • terowongan noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Maltese

1 entries
  • mina noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Marathi

3 entries
  • बोगदा noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • भुयार noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • सुरंग noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • туннел noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Māori

2 entries
  • ara kūtoro noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • arapoka noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • tunell noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • tunell noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • туннель noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • تونل noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • لغم noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • نفق noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Ieedgank noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Polish

1 entries
  • tunel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • túnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Romanian

1 entries
  • tunel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Russian

2 entries
  • тонне́ль noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • тунне́ль noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • tunail noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tùnēl noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • ту̀не̄л noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • سِرِنگھَه noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Slovak

1 entries
  • tunel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Slovene

1 entries
  • predor noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Spanish

1 entries
  • túnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Swedish

1 entries
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Tajik

4 entries
  • нақб noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • тоннел noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • тунел noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • туннел noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Thai

1 entries
  • อุโมงค์ noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Turkish

1 entries
  • tünel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • tonnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • tunel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • туне́ль noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Urdu

1 entries
  • سُرَن٘گ noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Venetan

1 entries
  • stol noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • hầm noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • hầm chui noun (an underground or underwater passage)
  • đường hầm noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Welsh

1 entries
  • twnnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • tunnel noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • טונעל noun (an underground or underwater passage)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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The train traversed a tunnel.

Source: tatoeba (20258)

The sightseeing bus ran through a long tunnel.

Source: tatoeba (20929)

On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.

Source: tatoeba (28471)

If a high hill stood between A and B, it was important to decide whether the line should climb over it, pierce it with a tunnel, or make a detour to avoid it.

Source: tatoeba (30848)

Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.

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