hallway
gb/hˈɔlwˌeɪ/ us/hˈɔlwˌeɪ/
A2
English
~ 900
folyosó
NOUN
A2
1
folyosó
A2
Usage pattern:
[someone] walks down the hallway
The children ran down the hallway to their classrooms.
A gyerekek végigfutottak a folyosón a tantermeikhez.
She hung family photos along the hallway.
Családi fotókat akasztott a folyosó falára.
A faint smell of baking drifted through the hallway.
The hotel’s hallway was lined with thick carpet.
We met in the hallway outside the meeting room.
Learner examples
The cat is in the hallway.
A macska a folyosón van.
I walk down the hallway to my room.
Végigmegyek a folyosón a szobámig.
There is a light in the hallway.
My shoes are in the hallway.
The hallway is very long.
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse 'hallway' with 'hall'; in American English 'hallway' usually means the passage, while 'hall' can also mean a large room.
Meaning
Indoor passage connecting rooms
Collocations
long hallway
|narrow hallway
|school hallway
|dark hallway
|walk down the hallway
Synonyms
corridor (More formal term, often used in public or institutional buildings.)
|
passageway (General term for any passage; less common in everyday speech.)
Antonyms
room (A separate enclosed space, rather than a connecting passage.)
Themes
daily life
|housing
|architecture
|core_vocabulary
Definition
A long, narrow space inside a building that leads to other rooms.
A narrow passage inside a building that connects rooms or areas.
Grammar
Dictionary form
hallway
IPA
GB/hˈɔlwˌeɪ/
US/hˈɔlwˌeɪ/
Syllables & stress
hall - way (2 syllables)
Stress on 1st syllable (hall)
Word forms
Noun
- Base: hallway
- Plural: hallways
Word family
Expressions
down the hallway
1/dˈaʊn ðə hˈɔlwˌeɪ/
fixed phrase
Moving along a hallway
Going from one end of the hallway toward another place.
Examples
- The bathroom is down the hallway on the left.
- He walked down the hallway to greet her.
in the hallway
1/ˈɪn ðə hˈɔlwˌeɪ/
fixed phrase
Located inside a hallway
Inside the passage in a building that connects rooms.
Examples
- I left my bag in the hallway.
- They were talking quietly in the hallway after class.