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autoroute

autoroute noun: an expressway, freeway, motorway or highway.

autoroute: an expressway, freeway, motorway or highway
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Noun

autoroute (plural autoroutes)

  1. (Quebec) An expressway, freeway, motorway or highway.
  2. An expressway in any Francophone country.

Forms of autoroute

pluralautoroutes

Origin of autoroute

Unadapted borrowing from French autoroute, equivalent to auto- (automobile) + route.

Questions about autoroute

What does autoroute mean?
Autoroute means an expressway, freeway, motorway or highway.
What part of speech is autoroute?
Autoroute is a noun.
What is the plural of autoroute?
The plural of autoroute is autoroutes.

Words near autoroute in the dictionary

  1. autorotating
  2. autorotation
  3. autorotational
  4. autorotations
  5. autorotative
  6. autoroute
  7. autorouter
  8. autorouters
  9. autoroutes
  10. autors
  11. autorun

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