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autoroute

noun
au·​to·​route | \ ˈȯ-tō-ˌrüt How to pronounce autoroute (audio) , -ˌrau̇t\

Definition of autoroute

: an expressway especially in France

Examples of autoroute in a Sentence

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The commission bought up property along the river valley and created a landscaped autoroute leading to the headwaters in Westchester County. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, "When W. E. B. Du Bois Made a Laughingstock of a White Supremacist," 19 Aug. 2019 Neuville-St-Vaast exit from A26 autoroute, follow D49 This is arguably one of the most powerful memorials on the Western Front. Smithsonian, "World War I Cemeteries & Memorials Around the World," 26 May 2017 Neuville-St-Vaast exit from A26 autoroute, follow D49 This is arguably one of the most powerful memorials on the Western Front. Smithsonian, "World War I Cemeteries & Memorials Around the World," 26 May 2017

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First Known Use of autoroute

1946, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for autoroute

French, from automobile + route

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