corridor B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈkɔɹəˌdɔɹ/ UK /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ See IPA manual Freq #6217 Meanings 1 noun A long, narrow passage inside a building with rooms leading off it. Her office is at the end of the corridor on the second floor. 2 noun A narrow strip of land that allows passage between two places. The new railway runs through a busy transport corridor between the two cities. Thesaurus Word family Forms corridors Derived forms corridoredcorridorlesscorridorlikenon-corridornoncorridorutilidor Etymology AI details Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”). corridor French corridore Italian View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # corridor **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɔɹəˌdɔɹ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ **Frequency rank:** 6217 ## Meanings 1. A long, narrow passage inside a building with rooms leading off it. 2. A narrow strip of land that allows passage between two places. ## Examples - Her office is at the end of the corridor on the second floor. - The new railway runs through a busy transport corridor between the two cities. ## Derived Forms - corridored - corridorless - corridorlike - non-corridor - noncorridor - utilidor ## Roots and Affixes - Root: corridor - Root: corridore ## Etymology Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”). ## AI Etymology corridor was borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”). The historical chain includes French corridor, Italian corridore. Current senses include A long, narrow passage inside a building with rooms leading off it and A narrow strip of land that allows passage between two places. English relatives and later formations include corridored, corridorless, corridorlike. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Describing Qualities markdown