cul-de-sac
cul-de-sac · cul-de-sacs · culs-de-sac
тупик, слепой мешок
Wendeplatte, Wendekreis, Wendehammer, Tasche
A blind alley or dead end streetA blind alley or dead end street.
UK/ˈkʌldəsak/US/ˈkʌldəsæk/
Meaning
4 sensesA blind alley or dead end street.
A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.
Wendeplatte, Wendekreis, Wendehammer
тупикtupik
(figuratively)An impasse.
A sacklike cavity, a tube open at one end only.
Tasche
слепо́й мешо́кslepój mešók
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
circular area at the end of a dead end street:
medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
circular area at the end of a dead end street:
medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube:
Origin
Borrowed from French cul-de-sac, from cul (“bottom”) + de (“of”) + sac (“bag, sack”).Borrowed from French cul-de-sac, from cul (“bottom”) + de (“of”) + sac (“bag, sack”).
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Forms
plural: cul-de-sacs / culs-de-sacWord family
1 related wordsRelatedturning circle
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular