carril

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus (“chariot”), with influence from carrus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈril]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈril]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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carril m (plural carrils)

1. lane, track
2. rail (the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad)

   Synonyms: rail, riell

• carro

• “carril”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “carril” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “carril” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From carro +‎ -il, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus, with influence from carrus.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: car‧ril

carril m (plural carris)

1. rail (the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad)

   Synonyms: calha, trilho

• descarrilar

• carro

• “carril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From carro +‎ -il, or from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus, with influence from carrus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈril/ [kaˈril]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: ca‧rril

carril m (plural carriles)

1. lane (a lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles)

   Synonym: (Venezuela) canal

2. track
3. rail

   Synonyms: raíl, rail, riel

4. lane (in sports such as horse racing, swimming, track, etc.)

   Synonym: calle

• “carril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024