Detroit
English
/dɪˈtɹɔɪt/
proper noun
Definitions
- (by metonymy) The United States' automotive industry.
Etymology
Borrowed from French détroit (strait).
Origin
French
détroit
Gloss
strait
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Detroiter English
- district English
- districthood English
- districtlike English
- districtual English
- districtwide English
- ecodistrict English
- interdistrict English
- intradistrict English
- microdistrict English
- minidistrict English
- multidistrict English
- redistrict English
- subdistrict English
- districtus Latin
- stringo Latin
- Detroit French
- Détroit French
- district French
- détroit French
- Detroit Portuguese
- デトロイト Japanese
- 底特律 Chinese
- destrict Scots