tramway
French, noun/tʁa.mwɛ/
tramway is spelled T-R-A-M-W-A-Y (7 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tramway is a French masculine noun meaning “tram (passenger vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Véhicule qui circule en milieu urbain sur une voie ferrée”.
What does tramway mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetram (passenger vehicle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Véhicule qui circule en milieu urbain sur une voie ferrée. 2. Chemin de fer urbain composé de ces véhicules, de stations pour permettre aux voyageurs de monter et descendre, et de toute l’infrastructure nécessaire à leur exploitation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tramway
- tramways plural
- tram
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tramway?
- /tʁa.mwɛ/
- \tʁa.mwɛ\
- [tʁam.wɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tramway
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tramway in French?
tramway appears 5.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).