street

A1 Topic:Transportation

US /stɹit/ UK /stɹiːt/ See IPA manual

Freq #619

Meanings

1

noun
A public road in a town or city, usually with buildings along it.

They walked down the busy street looking for a cafe.
2

noun
The people who live or work on a particular street.

The whole street came out to watch the parade.

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Forms streets

Derived forms adjectives adverbsbackstreetbarton-le-streetchester-le-streetdownstreethamstreetinterstreetmidstreetmultistreetrestreetstreetable

Related forms abode footpath footway pavement sidewalk thoroughfare

Etymology

From Middle English strete, from Anglian Old English strēt (“street”) (cognate West Saxon Old English strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”), from Latin strātus, past participle of sternō (“stretch out, spread, bestrew with, cover, pave”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”). The /aː/ vowel of the Latin form shifted by Anglo-Frisian brightening to /æː/ in West Saxon and /eː/ in Anglian Old English; these developed respectively to /ɛː/ and /eː/ in Middle English, /ɛː/ and /iː/ in Early…

*sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European strete Middle English strēt ang-ang *strātu Proto-West Germanic strātus Latin

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# street

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /stɹit/
**IPA (UK):** /stɹiːt/
**Frequency rank:** 619

## Meanings
1. A public road in a town or city, usually with buildings along it.
2. The people who live or work on a particular street.

## Examples
- They walked down the busy street looking for a cafe.
- The whole street came out to watch the parade.

## Derived Forms
- adjectives
- adverbs
- backstreet
- barton-le-street
- chester-le-street
- downstreet
- hamstreet
- interstreet
- midstreet
- multistreet
- restreet
- streetable

## Related Forms
- abode
- footpath
- footway
- pavement
- sidewalk
- thoroughfare

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sterh₃-
- Root: strete
- Root: strēt
- Root: *strātu
- Root: strātus

## Etymology
From Middle English strete, from Anglian Old English strēt (“street”) (cognate West Saxon Old English strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”), from Latin strātus, past participle of sternō (“stretch out, spread, bestrew with, cover, pave”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”). The /aː/ vowel of the Latin form shifted by Anglo-Frisian brightening to /æː/ in West Saxon and /eː/ in Anglian Old English; these developed respectively to /ɛː/ and /eː/ in Middle English, /ɛː/ and /iː/ in Early…

## AI Etymology
Street is from Middle English strete, from Anglian Old English strēt (“street”) (cognate West Saxon Old English strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”), from Latin strātus, past participle of sternō (“stretch out, spread, bestrew with, cover, pave”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”). In present-day use, it can mean a public road in a town or city, usually with buildings along it, or the people who live or work on a particular street.

## Topics
- Transportation

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