Crossroad — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a junction where one street or road crosses another

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈɔsɹoʊd/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹˈɒsɹəʊd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹˈɒsɹəʊd/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈɔsɹoʊd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

crossway crossing carrefour intersection

Word Forms

cross

verb

meet at a point

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kreuzung

eine Kreuzung, an der eine Straße eine andere kreuzt

🇫🇷French

croisement

un carrefour où une rue ou une route en croise une autre

🇪🇸Spanish

cruce de caminos

un cruce donde una calle o camino se cruza con otro

🇮🇹Italian

bivio

un incrocio dove una strada o una strada ne incrocia un'altra

🇳🇱Dutch

kruispunt

een kruispunt waar de ene straat of weg de andere kruist

🇵🇹Portuguese

cruzamento

um cruzamento onde uma rua ou estrada cruza outra

🇷🇺Russian

перекресток

перекресток, где одна улица или дорога пересекает другую

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चौराहा

एक जंक्शन जहां एक सड़क या सड़क दूसरे को पार करती है

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্রসরোড

একটি জংশন যেখানে একটি রাস্তা বা রাস্তা অন্য রাস্তা অতিক্রম করে

🇮🇳Tamil

குறுக்கு வழி

ஒரு தெரு அல்லது சாலை மற்றொன்றைக் கடக்கும் சந்திப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

కూడలి

ఒక వీధి లేదా రహదారి మరొక వీధిని దాటే జంక్షన్

🇮🇳Marathi

क्रॉसरोड

एक जंक्शन जिथे एक रस्ता किंवा रस्ता दुसरा ओलांडतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્રોસરોડ

એક જંકશન જ્યાં એક શેરી અથવા રસ્તો બીજી શેરી ઓળંગે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಡ್ಡಹಾದಿ

ಒಂದು ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಥವಾ ರಸ್ತೆ ಇನ್ನೊಂದನ್ನು ದಾಟುವ ಜಂಕ್ಷನ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്രോസ്റോഡ്

ഒരു തെരുവ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ റോഡ് മറ്റൊന്ന് കടക്കുന്ന ഒരു ജംഗ്ഷൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੌਰਾਹੇ

ਇੱਕ ਜੰਕਸ਼ਨ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਇੱਕ ਗਲੀ ਜਾਂ ਸੜਕ ਦੂਜੀ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چوراہے

ایک جنکشن جہاں ایک گلی یا سڑک دوسری کو عبور کرتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

十字路口

一条街道或道路与另一条街道或道路交叉的交汇处

🇯🇵Japanese

交差点

ある通りまたは道路が別の道路と交差する交差点

🇰🇷Korean

십자로

한 거리나 도로가 다른 거리나 도로와 교차하는 교차점

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngã tư

một ngã ba nơi một con đường hoặc con đường đi qua một con đường khác

🇹🇭Thai

ทางแยก

ทางแยกที่ถนนสายหนึ่งตัดผ่านอีกถนนหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

perempatan jalan

persimpangan di mana satu jalan atau jalan melintasi yang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

sangang daan

isang junction kung saan ang isang kalye o kalsada ay tumatawid sa isa pa

🇲🇾Malay

persimpangan jalan

persimpangan di mana satu jalan atau jalan melintasi yang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مفترق طرق

تقاطع حيث يتقاطع شارع أو طريق مع آخر

🇮🇷Persian

چهارراه

تقاطعی که در آن یک خیابان یا جاده از دیگری عبور می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

kavşak

bir cadde veya yolun diğeriyle kesiştiği kavşak

🇮🇱Hebrew

צומת דרכים

צומת שבו חוצה רחוב או כביש אחד אחר

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