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==English==
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[[File:Tunnel connecting Red and Blue Subway Train Lines.JPG|thumb|A '''subway''' (noun sense 4):<br>A tunnel for pedestrians.]]
[[File:Munich subway station Westfriedhof.jpg|thumb|right|A '''subway''' (noun sense 1) station in Munich, Germany]]

===Etymology===
From {{prefix|en|sub|way}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/|[ˈsʌbˌweɪ̯]|a=UK,US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-subway.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌbweɪ|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|North America|Scotland|South Africa}} An [[underground railway]], especially for [[mass transit]] of people in [[urban]] areas. {{topics|en|Rail transportation}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Andrew Martin|title=Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube|publisher=Profile Books, {{ISBN|978-1846684777}}|page=98|text=In 1884 Greathead was part of a syndicate that obtained powers for another '''subway''' – 'The City of London & Southwark Subway'. The term ''''subway'''' sounded more sophisticated than 'underground railway', which was associated with the sulphurous [[Metropolitan]], and it would be adopted by New York for its own electric metro when work started on that in 1904.}}
# {{lb|en|North America|Scotland|South Africa}} A [[train]] that runs on such an underground railway.
#* {{quote-journal|en
|date=April 29 1981|title=And Only Sixty Cents|author=Russel Baker|journal=The New York Times|passage=Just before you leave, the '''subway''' comes. You get on. It stops at the next station.
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/29/opinion/observer-and-only-sixty-cents.html?searchResultPosition=3}}
# {{lb|en|Canada|US}} A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its [[right of way]]; a [[metro]] system.
# {{lb|en|British}} An underground walkway, [[tunnel]] for [[pedestrian]]s (called [[pedestrian underpass]] in US).
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1950|month=April|author=Timothy H. Cobb|title=The Kenya-Uganda Railway|journal=Railway Magazine|page=265|text=At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a '''subway'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2021 December 29|author=Stephen Roberts|title=Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)|journal=RAIL|issue=947|page=60|text=Heading beneath the tracks via the '''subway''' to the immediate north of the station takes us to the Didcot Railway Centre.}}
# An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.

====Synonyms====
{{sense|underground railway}}
* {{l|en|metro}}; {{l|en|Métro}} {{q|Paris}}
* {{l|en|tube}}; {{l|en|Tube}} {{q|London}}
* {{l|en|underground}}, {{l|en|underground railway}}
{{sense|rapid transit system}}
* {{l|en|rapid transit}}
{{sense|underground walkway}}
* {{l|en|underpass}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|underground railway}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|moltrein}}, {{t|af|moltreinspoor}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|metro|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مِتْرُو|m}}, {{t|ar|مِتْرُو|m|tr=metro}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մետրո}}, {{t+|hy|մետրոպոլիտեն}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܡܹܛܪܘܿ|m|tr=meṭro}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|metro}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|метро́|n}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|মেট্রো}}, {{t|bn|আন্ডারগ্রাউন্ড|tr=anḍargraunḍ}}, {{t|bn|সাবওয়ে}}, {{t|bn|দ্রুত পরিবহণ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|метро́|n}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|မြေအောက်မီးရထား}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|metro|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|地鐵|tr=dei6 tit3}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|地鐵|tr=dê-tiék}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|捷運|tr=chhia̍p-yun}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|地下鐵|tr=tē-hā-thih}}, {{t|nan-hbl|地鐵|tr=tē-thih}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|地鐵|tr=dìtiě}}, {{t+|cmn|地下鐵路|tr=dìxià tiělù}}, {{t+|cmn|捷運|tr=jiéyùn}} {{qualifier|Taiwan}}, {{t+|cmn|地下鐵|tr=dìxiàtiě}} {{qualifier|Taiwan}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|地鐵}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|metro|n}}, {{t|cs|podzemní dráha|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|metro|c}}, {{t|da|undergrundsbane|c}}, {{t|da|tunnelbane|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|metro|m}}, {{t+|nl|ondergrondse|f}}
* Erzya: {{t|myv|модалкс}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|metroo}}, {{t|eo|S-fervojo}}, {{t|eo|subtera fervojo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|metroo}}, {{t|et|allmaaraudtee}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|metro}}, {{t+|fi|maanalainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|métro|m}}, {{t+|fr|métropolitain|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|მეტრო}}, {{t|ka|მეტროპოლიტენი}}
* German: {{t+|de|U-Bahn|f}}, {{t+|de|Metro|f}}, {{t+|de|Untergrundbahn|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μετρό}}, {{t+|el|υπόγειος|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|מֶטְרוֹ|m|tr=metró}}, {{t+|he|רַכֶּבֶת תַּחְתִּית|f|tr=rakévet takhtít}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|भूमिगत रेल|f}}, {{t|hi|मीट्रो}}, {{t|hi|मेट्रो|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|metró}}, {{t+|hu|földalatti}} {{qualifier|underground only}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|neðanjarðarlest|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|metropoliteno}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|kereta api bawah tanah}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|metro}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|traein faoi thalamh|f}}
* Italian: {{t|it|metro|f}}, {{t|it|metrò|m|f}}, {{t+|it|metropolitana|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|地下鉄|tr=ちかてつ, chikatetsu}}, {{t+|ja|メトロ|tr=metoro}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|метро}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ម៉េត្រូ}}, {{t|km|ផ្លូវក្រោមដី}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|지하철(地下鐵)}}, {{t+|ko|전철(電鐵)}}, {{t|ko|도시철도(都市鐵道)}}, {{t|ko|메트로}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|метро}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ລົດໄຟໃຕ້ດິນ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|ferrivia metropolitana|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|metro}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|metro}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|метро́|n}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kereta api bawah tanah}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|метро}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|tunnelbane|m}}, {{t|nb|T-bane|m}}, {{t+|nb|metro|c}}, {{t|nb|undergrunnsbane|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|tunnelbane|m}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|مېترو|f|tr=metro}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|مِتْرو|tr=metro}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|metro|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|metro|m}} {{qualifier|Portugal}}, {{t+|pt|metrô|m}} {{qualifier|Brazil}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|metrou|n}}, {{t+|ro|metro|n}}, {{t+|ro|metropolitan|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|метро́|n}}, {{t+|ru|метрополите́н|m|tr=metropolitɛ́n}}, {{t+|ru|подзе́мка|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|fo-rèile|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|мѐтро̄|n}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|mètrō|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|metro|m}}, {{t+|es|subte|m}} {{qualifier|Argentina}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tunnelbana|c}}, {{t+|sv|T-bana|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|metro}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|метро}}
* Thai: {{t|th|รถไฟใต้ดิน}}, {{t|th|เมโทร}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ས་འོག་ལྕགས་ལམ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|metro}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|metro}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|метро́|n}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|میٹْرو}}, {{t|ur|مَیٹْرو}}, {{t|ur|مِیٹْرو}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|مېترو}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|metro}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|xe điện ngầm}}, {{t+|vi|tàu điện ngầm}}, {{t|vi|mê-tơ-rô}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|rheilffordd danddaearol|f}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|metro}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|מעטראָ|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|train of underground railway}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|moltrein}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|metro|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|metro}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|metro|m}}, {{t+|nl|metrostel|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|metroo}}, {{t|eo|S-trajno}}, {{t|eo|subtrajno}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|metrojuna}}
* German: {{t+|de|U-Bahn|f}}, {{t+|de|Untergrundbahn|f}}
* Portuguese: {{qualifier|Brazil}} {{t+|pt|metrô|m}}, {{qualifier|Portugal}} {{t+|pt|metro|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|metro|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|underground walkway}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|نَفَق مُشَاة|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|գետնանցում}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|падзе́мны перахо́д|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|по́длез|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|地下道|tr=dìxiàdào}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|podchod|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|fodgængertunnel}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|voetgangerstunnel|m}}, {{t+|nl|fietstunnel|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|jalankulkutunneli}}, {{t+|fi|alikäytävä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|passage souterrain|m}}, {{t+|fr|souterrain|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მიწისქვეშა გადასასვლელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Unterführung|f}}
* Greek: {{t|el|υπόγεια διάβαση πεζών|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|aluljáró}}
* Interlingua: [[passage]] [[subterranee]]
* Irish: {{t|ga|íosbhealach|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sottopasso|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|地下道|tr=ちかどう, chikadō}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|지하도(地下道)}}, {{t|ko|토끼굴}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|подземен премин|m}}, {{t|mk|подвозник|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|jalan bawah tanah}}, {{t|ms|jabanah}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|gangtunnel|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nb|gangtunnel|m}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|زیرْگُذَر}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|przejście podziemne|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[passagem]] [[subterrânea]]|f}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|[[pasaj]] [[subteran]]|n}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[подзе́мный]] [[перехо́д]]|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|fo-shlighe|f}}, {{t|gd|fo-rathad|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|по̀тходнӣк|m}}, {{t|sh|по̀двожња̄к|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|pòthodnīk|m}}, {{t+|sh|pòdvožnjāk|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|podchod|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|paso subterráneo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kulvert|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|підзе́мний перехі́д|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|US|informal}} To travel by underground railway.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=February 13, 2008|author=Melissa Clark|title=From Paris, With Hustle|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/dining/13appetite.html
|passage=I suppose I could have '''subwayed''' around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops.}}

===Derived terms===
{{col-auto|en
|subway car
|Subway Cave
|subway series|subway-surface|subway tile
|subwayer
|that and a nickel will get you on the subway|that and a token will get you on the subway
}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=absuwy|busway}}

==Spanish==

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m|subways|pl2=#}}

# {{l|en|subway}}

{{C|es|Rail transportation}}