catwalk

catwalk

English

Etymology

cat +‎ walk

Pronunciation

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Noun

catwalk (plural catwalks)

1. (nautical) An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
2. Any similar elevated walkway.
   • 1963 June, “News and Comment: Victoria line engineering works”, in Modern Railways, page 370:

     The lengthening [of the District Line platforms] is being done so that passengers will no longer have to use the narrow catwalks to enter and leave the front and rear portions of eight-car trains.

3. A narrow elevated stage on which models parade; a runway
4. (by extension, "the catwalk") The business of making clothes for fashion shows.

Synonyms

• (platform for fashion shows): runway

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: catwalk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: catwalk

Translations

nautical: elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge

Danish: løbebro c German: Laufsteg (de) m

narrow elevated stage on which models parade

Belarusian: по́дыум m (pódyum) Bulgarian: подиум (bg) m (podium) Catalan: passarel·la (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 貓步／猫步 (māobù), 伸展臺／伸展台 (shēnzhǎntái) Czech: molo (cs) n Danish: podie n Dutch: catwalk (nl) m, podium (nl) m, platform (nl) n French: passerelle (fr) f, podium (fr) m German: Laufsteg (de) m Hungarian: kifutó (hu) Icelandic: tískupallur m Italian: passerella (it) f Japanese: キャットウォーク (kyattowōku) Maltese: passarella f Norwegian: Bokmål: catwalk m Nynorsk: catwalk m Portuguese: passarela (pt) f Russian: по́диум (ru) m (pódium) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: писта f Roman: pista (sh) f Spanish: pasarela f Ukrainian: по́діум m (pódium)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English catwalk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛt.ʋɑlk/
• Hyphenation: cat‧walk

Noun

catwalk m (plural catwalks)

1. catwalk (narrow elevated stage on which models parade)

Hypernyms

• platform
• podium

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English catwalk.

Noun

catwalk m (definite singular catwalken, indefinite plural catwalker, definite plural catwalkene)

1. (especially fashion) a catwalk

References

• “catwalk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “catwalk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English catwalk.

Noun

catwalk m (definite singular catwalken, indefinite plural catwalkar, definite plural catwalkane)

1. (especially fashion) a catwalk

References

• “catwalk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.