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==English==
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===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*pent-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|path}}, {{m|enm|peth}}, from {{inh|en|ang|pæþ||path, track}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*paþ}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*paþaz||path}}. The Proto-Germanic term is possibly borrowed from {{der|en|ira}}, from {{der|en|ira-pro|*pántaHh}}, from {{der|en|iir-pro|*pántaHs}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*póntoh₁s}}, from the root {{m|ine-pro|*pent-|t=to pass}}, however this is disputed. Cognate with {{cog|fy|paad}}, {{cog|nl|pad}}, {{cog|de|Pfad}}. Indo-Iranian cognates could be {{cog|ae|𐬞𐬀𐬧‎𐬙𐬃|t=way}}, {{cog|peo|𐎱𐎰|ts=paθi}}), {{cog|sa|पन्था}}. See also {{cog|en|find}}). {{doublet|en|panth}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/pɑːθ/}}
** {{IPA|en|[pʰɑːθ]|a=RP}}
** {{IPA|en|[pʰäːθ]|[pʰɐːθ]|a=AU,NZ}}
* {{IPA|en|/pæθ/}}
** {{IPA|en|[pʰæθ]|[pʰɛəθ]|[pʰeəθ]|a=US,Canada}}
** {{IPA|en|[pʰaθ]|[pʰæθ]|a=Northern England,Ireland}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-path.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-a path.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɑːθ|æθ|s=1}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
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# {{senseid|en|Q5004679}}A [[trail]] for the use of, or worn by, [[pedestrian]]s.
#* {{RQ:Dryden Miscellaneous Works|volume=II|chapter=Helen and Menelaus|page=412|passage=Yet ere to to-morrow's ſun ſhall ſhew his head, / The dewy '''paths''' of meadows we will tread, / For crowns and chaplets to adorn thy head.}}
#* {{RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients|chapter=1|passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of '''path''' that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
# {{senseid|en|Q193139}}A [[course]] taken.
#: {{ux|en|the '''path''' of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm}}
#* {{RQ:Chesnutt House Behind the Cedars|I|passage=Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their '''paths''' converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.}}
# A [[metaphorical]] course or route; [[progress]].
#* {{RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam|XXXIX|61|⁠But thou and I have shaken hands,<br>⁠Till growing winters lay me low;<br>⁠My '''paths''' are in the fields I know,<br>And thine in undiscover’d lands.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2002|author=Priscilla K. Shontz; Steven J. Oberg|title=Jump Start Your Career in Library and Information Science|page=21
|passage=As I explored the possibility of a library science '''path''', having previously been employed in libraries during my school career and afterwards, I decided that I needed to actually experience work in a library setting full time again {{...}}}}
# A [[method]] or [[direction]] of proceeding.
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Psalms|25|10|passage=All the '''paths''' of the Lord are mercy and truth.}}
#* {{RQ:Gray Elegy|passage=The '''paths''' of glory lead but to the grave.}}
# {{lb|en|paganism}} A [[pagan|Pagan]] tradition, for example [[witchcraft]], [[Wicca]], [[druidism]], [[Heathenry]].
# {{senseid|en|computing}} {{lb|en|computing}} A [[human-readable]] [[specification]] for a location within a [[hierarchical]] or [[tree]]-like structure, such as a [[file system]] or as part of a [[URL]].
#: {{hypo|en|filepath}}
#: {{ux|en|Use the network '''path''' <code>\\Marketing\Files</code> to find the documents you need.}}
# {{senseid|en|Q1415372}}{{lb|en|graph theory}} A [[sequence]] of [[vertex|vertices]] from one vertex to another using the arcs ([[edge|edges]]). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a ''closed path'', where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
# {{lb|en|topology}} A [[continuous map]] <math>f</math> from the [[unit interval]] <math>I = [0,1]</math> to a [[topological space]] <math>X</math>.
# {{lb|en|rail}} A [[slot]] available for allocation to a [[railway]] [[train]] over a given [[route]] in between other trains.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1962|month=October|title=Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington|journal=Modern Railways|page=232|text="Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a '''path''' through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2019|month=October|author=James Abbott|title=Esk Valley revival: December 2019 changes|journal=Modern Railways|page=78|text=... while the planned hourly fast 'Connect' service from Middlesbrough to Newcastle has been postponed indefinitely due to problems in finding '''paths''' for it on the East Coast main line.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2020 May 6|author=Philip Haigh|title=Just one more stop on the long journey to HS2 fulfillment [sic]|journal=Rail|page=65|text=Echoing McNaughton's comments in 2009, it adds: "The [[WCML]] has exhausted its available train '''paths''' and no extra services could be run without further significant investment to enhance current infrastructure or build a new line.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* (1): [[track]], [[trail]]; see also [[Thesaurus:way]]

=====Hypernyms=====
{{col4|en|title=Hypernyms of ''path'' (noun)
|bridle path
|classpath 
|cross paths
|cycle path
|footpath
|subpath
}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|en|absolute path
|bang path
|base path
|bicycle path
|bike path
|boom path
|bridle-path
|by-path
|cart path
|cess path
|click path
|critical path
|cross someone's path
|data path
|desire path
|directed path
|eightfold path
|Eulerian path
|flare path
|flight path,flightpath
|forced path
|garden path
|garden-path
|garden-path sentence
|garden path sentence
|glide path
|Hamiltonian path
|happy path
|herd path
|lead someone down the garden path,lead someone up the garden path
|left-handed path
|left-hand path
|mean free path
|middle path
|noble eightfold path
|null path length
|off the beaten path
|path analysis
|path cascade
|path-connected
|path dependence
|path dependency
|path integral formalism
|pathion
|path length
|path loss
|path of least resistance
|path of totality
|path rush
|path tracer
|path tracing
|path traversal
|pathway
|primrose path
|return path
|right-handed path
|right-hand path
|sample path
|shared use path
|speech path
|spirit path
|swept path
|thought-path
|thought path
|tool path
|towing path
|undirected path
|whale-path
|which-path information
|zombie path
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|shteg}}, {{t|sq|këshyrë}}
* Apache:
*: Western Apache: {{t|apw|ʼintin}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|طَرِيق|m}}, {{t|ar|صِرَاط|m}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|cãrari|f}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|һуҡмаҡ|sc=Cyrl}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|bide}}, {{t|eu|bidexka}}, {{t|eu|bidezidor}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|сце́жка|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|তরিকা}}, {{t+|bn|পথ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|път|m}}, {{t+|bg|пътека|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|sendera|f}}, {{t|ca|sender|m}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏅᏃᎯ}}, {{t|chr|ᎡᏓᏍᏗ}}
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|njira}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|路徑|tr=lùjìng}}, {{t+|cmn|蹊徑|tr=xījìng}}, {{t+|cmn|道路|tr=dàolù}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|stezka}}, {{t+|cs|pěšina}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|sti|c}}, {{t|da|havegang|c}}, {{t+|da|passage|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|pad|n}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|wꜣt|h=wA-A-t:N31|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|aleo}}, {{t+|eo|pado}}, {{t+|eo|vojo}}, {{t|eo|vojeto}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|rada}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|leið|f}}, {{t+|fo|gøta|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|polku}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sentier|m}}, {{t+|fr|chemin|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|senda|f}}, {{t+|gl|sendeiro|m}}, {{t|gl|corredoira|f}}, {{t+|gl|camiño|m}}, {{t|gl|carreiro|m}}, {{t|gl|trullo|m}}, {{t|gl|curripa|f}}, {{t|gl|carroucho|m}}, {{t|gl|cambeiro|m}}, {{t|gl|barrancallo|m}}, {{t|gl|branxeiro|m}}, {{t|gl|canexa|f}}, {{t|gl|callustra|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ბილიკი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Pfad|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μονοπάτι|n}}, {{t+|el|ατραπός|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|τρίβος|m|f}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|chemen}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|דֶּרֶךְ|f|tr=dérekh}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पथ}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|ösvény}}, {{t+|hu|gyalogút}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|leið|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|jalan}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|troppa}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sentiero|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|通路|tr=[[つうろ]], tsūro}}, {{t+|ja|小道|tr=[[こみち]], komichi}}, {{qualifier|in a rice field}} {{t+|ja|畦道|tr=[[あぜみち]], aze-michi}}
* Karakalpak: {{t|kaa|soqpaq}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|жол|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ផ្លូវ|tr=pləv|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ផ្លូវជើង|tr=pləv cəəng|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ផ្លូវលំ|tr=pləv lum|sc=Khmr}}
* Kongo: {{t|kg|nzila}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|길}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ڕێ}}, {{t|ckb|ڕێگە}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|styga}}
* Latin: {{t|la|sēmita|f}}, {{t|la|trāmes|m}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|taka}}
* Ligurian: {{t|lij|sentê|m}}, {{t|lij|camìn|m}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|nzila}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|takas}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|пат|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|jalan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പാത}}, {{t+|ml|വഴി}}
* Marathi: {{t+|mr|पथ}}
* Mwani: {{t|wmw|njira}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|sente|f}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}, {{t|nrf|ch'min|m}} {{qualifier|Guernsey}}, {{t|nrf|c'mîn|m}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Northern Ohlone: {{t|cst|'ín̄u'}}
* Nyunga: {{t|nys|bidee}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|camin|m}}, {{t|oc|sendièr|m}}, {{t+|oc|carrairon|m}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|hĕnu}}
* Old Prussian: {{t|prg|lunki|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|یول|tr=yol}}
* Paiwan: {{t|pwn|djalan}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|لار|f|tr=lār|sc=ps-Arab}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گذر|tr=gozar}}, {{t+|fa|گدار|tr=godâr}}
* Pitjantjatjara: {{t|pjt|iwara}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ścieżka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trilha|f}}, {{t+|pt|caminho|m}}, {{t+|pt|senda|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|cărare}}, {{t+|ro|potecă}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|тропа́|f}}, {{t+|ru|тропи́нка|f}}, {{t+|ru|доро́жка|f}}, {{t+|ru|стезя́|f}} {{qualifier|poetic}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|पथ}}, {{t|sa|पन्थ|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|slighe|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|put}}, {{t+|sh|staza}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|cestička|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|pot|f}}, {{t+|sl|steza|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|senda|f}}, {{t+|es|sendero|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ujia}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stig|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|landas}}, {{t+|tl|daan}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பாதை|sc=Taml}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|abrid|m}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కాలిబాట}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|รอย}}, {{t+|th|ทาง}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|patika}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎐𐎚𐎁}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|сте́жка|f}}, {{t|uk|стежи́на|f}}, {{t|uk|стежи́нка|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|پتھ|tr=path|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|troi}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|đường mòn}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|luveg}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|pî-sinte|f}}, {{t+|wa|pazea|m}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|llwybr|m}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|paad|n}}
* Western Bukidnon Manobo: {{t|mbb|enug}}, {{t|mbb|dalan}}
* Yámana: {{t|yag|ruta}}
* Yapese: {{t|yap|woq}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שליאַך|m}}, {{t|yi|וועג|m}}, {{t|yi|וואַרע|f}}, {{t|yi|דרך|f|tr=derekh}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a course taken}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|udha|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|صِرَاط|m}}, {{t|ar|مَسَار|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|camí|m}}, {{t+|ca|trajectòria|f}}
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|njira}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|路徑|tr=lùjìng}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|retning|c}}, {{t+|da|vej|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|weg|m}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|leið|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|polku}}, {{t+|fi|reitti}}, {{t+|fi|rata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|chemin|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|camiño|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გზა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Weg|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δρόμος|m}}, {{t+|el|διαδρομή|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|τρίβος|m|f}}, {{q|Epic}} {{t|grc|κέλευθος|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पथ|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|séad|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|camino|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|道|tr=[[みち]], michi}}, {{t+|ja|方針|tr=[[ほうしん]], hōshin}}, {{t+|ja|軌道|tr=[[きどう]], kidō}}, {{t+|ja|道筋|tr=[[みちすじ]], michisuji}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|жол|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ផ្លូវ}}, {{t+|km|គន្លង}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ڕێ}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Ligurian: {{t|lij|vîa|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|jalan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പാത}}, {{t+|ml|വഴി}}
* Mòcheno: {{t|mhn|be|m}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|ch'min|m}} {{qualifier|Guernsey}}, {{t|nrf|c'mîn|m}} {{qualifier|c'mîn}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|caminho|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|drum|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|путь|m}}, {{t+|ru|доро́га|f}}, {{t+|ru|стезя́|f}} {{qualifier|poetic}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|slighe|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|pot|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|camino}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ujia}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|väg}}, {{t+|sv|kurs}}, {{t+|sv|färdriktning}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|pinagdaraanan}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|దారి}}, {{t+|te|మార్గం}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yol}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|đường đi}}, {{t+|vi|đường lối}}, {{t+|vi|lối}}, {{t|vi|lối đi}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|וועג|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a metaphorical course}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|shtegëtimi|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|camí|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|retning|c}}, {{t+|da|vej|c}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|teekond}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|latu}}, {{t+|fi|tola}}, {{t+|fi|polku}}
* German: {{t+|de|Weg|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μονοπάτι|n}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पथ|m}}, {{t+|hi|मार्ग|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cammino|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|道|tr=[[みち]], michi}}, {{t+|ja|道筋|tr=[[みちすじ]], michisuji}}, {{t+|ja|方針|tr=[[ほうしん]], hōshin}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ڕێ}}, {{t|ckb|ڕێباز}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|jalan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പാത}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|मार्ग|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|caminho|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|mers|n}}, {{t+|ro|curs|n}}, {{t+|ro|drum|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|путь|m}}, {{t+|ru|стезя́|f}}
* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|पन्थ|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|slighe|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|pot|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ujia}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|దారి}}, {{t+|te|మార్గం}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yol}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|con đường}}, {{t+|vi|nẻo}}, {{t|vi|lối đi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a method or direction of proceeding}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|vej|c}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|suund}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|suunta}}, {{t+|fi|reitti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sentier|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Weg|m}}, {{t+|de|Pfad|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δρόμος|m}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|chemen}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पथ|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cammino|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|道|tr=[[みち]], michi}}, {{t+|ja|道筋|tr=[[みちすじ]], michisuji}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|jalan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|വഴി}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|soo|c5|c6}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|لار|f|tr=lār|sc=ps-Arab}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|caminho}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|путь|m}}, {{t+|ru|спо́соб|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|pot|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ujia}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|paraan}}, {{t|tl|pamamaraan}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|దారి}}, {{t+|te|మార్గం}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yol}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|con đường}}, {{t+|vi|nẻo}}, {{t|vi|lối đi}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|tchimin|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|computing: a specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|camí|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|路徑|tr=lùjìng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|cesta|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|sti|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|pad|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|polku}}
* French: {{t+|fr|chemin|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Pfad|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|jalur}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|percorso|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|パス|tr=pasu|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|패스}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|पाथ|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ścieżka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|endereço|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|путь|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|ruta|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sökväg|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yol}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|đường dẫn}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|tchimin|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|graph theory: a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|ruta|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|vej|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|pad|n}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|ahel}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|polku}}
* German: {{t+|de|Pfad|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מסלול|m|tr=maslúl}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cammino|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|軌跡|tr=[[きせき]], kiseki}}, {{t+|ja|パス|tr=ぱす, pasu}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|caminho|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|путь|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|camino|m}}, {{t+|es|mixtilínea|f}} {{qualifier|computer graphics}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ujia}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bước}}, {{t+|vi|đường đi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|topology: a continuous map}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|pad|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|polku}}
* German: {{t+|de|Weg|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מסילה|f|tr=mesilá}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|quỹ đạo}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Albanian: {{t+check|sq|shteg}}
* Basque: {{t+check|eu|bide}}
* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|irvojeto}}
* Ewe: {{qualifier|trail}} {{t-check|ee|afɔmɔ|n}}
* German: {{t+check|de|Pfad|m}}
* Guaraní: {{t+check|gn|tape}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|jalur}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|cammino}}, {{t-check|ia|sentiero}}
* Isthmus Zapotec: {{t-check|zai|neza}}
* Latin: {{t-check|la|semita|f}}, {{t-check|la|trames|m}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|路径|tr=lùjìng|sc=Hani}}
* Norwegian: {{t+check|no|sti|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|cale|f}}, {{t+check|ro|drum|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+check|sh|staza|f}}
* Slovak: {{t+check|sk|cesta|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|camino|m}}, {{t+check|es|sendero|m}}
* Tupinambá: {{qualifier|t-}} {{t-check|tpn|apé}}
* Volapük: {{t+check|vo|luveg}}
* Welsh: {{t+check|cy|llwybr|m}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
#* {{RQ:Drayton England's Heroical Epistles|chapter=Heroicall Epistles|subtitle=[[w:Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester|Duke Humfrey]] to [[w:Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester|Elinor Cobham]]|folio=56|verso=1|passage=His ghoſtly counſells onely doe aduiſe, / The meanes hovv ''Langlies'' progenie may riſe, / '''Pathing''' young ''Henries'' vnaduiſed vvaies, / A Duke of ''Yorke'' from ''Cambridge'' houſe to raiſe, {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|computing|intransitive}} To [[navigate]] through a [[file system]] [[directory]] [[tree]] (to a desired file or folder).
#: {{ux|en|Next, you need to '''path''' to the location of the executable and run it from there.}}

===Etymology 2===
Shortening.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|medicine|abbreviation}} [[pathology|Pathology]].

===References===
* ''Oxford English Dictionary'' [<span style="font-variant:small-caps">draft revision</span>; June 2005]
* {{R:Lexico}}

===Further reading===
* {{cite-web|author=Anatoly Liberman|site=OUPblog|title=The Oxford Etymologist|section=Pathfinders|date=4 November 2015|url=https://blog.oup.com/category/oxford_etymologist/|sectionurl=https://blog.oup.com/2015/11/path-word-origin-etymology/|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/iEbez|archivedate=23 November 2024|publisher=Oxford University Press}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ahpt|Ptah|phat}}

{{cln|en|heteronyms}}
{{C|en|Curves|Functions|Roads|Shapes|Topological spaces}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|enm|ang|pæþ}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*paþ}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*paþaz}}, from an {{der|enm|ira}} language, from {{der|enm|ira-pro|*pántaHh}}, from {{der|enm|iir-pro|*pántaHs}}.

The spellings {{m|enm|paath}} and {{m|enm|pathe}} and {{cog|sco|paith}} prove that a pronunciation of this word with {{IPAchar|/aː/}} existed; it presumably originated from {{w|open-syllable lengthening}} in inflected forms.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|paath|paaþ|pathe|paththe|paþ|paþþe}}
* {{alter|enm|pað|peþ||early}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/paθ/|/paːθ/}}
* {{q|early, dialectal}} {{IPA|enm|/pɛθ/}}
* {{rhyme|enm|aθ|s=1}}

====Noun====
{{enm-noun|pathes}}

# An informal or [[unpaved]] {{l|en|path}} or [[trail]]; a track.
# A [[choice]] or way of living; a [[doctrine]].
# {{lb|enm|rare|Late ME}} A [[course]] or [[route]].
# {{lb|enm|rare|Late ME}} A [[vessel]] or [[vein]].

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|enm|bypath}}
* {{l|enm|pathen}}
* {{l|enm|pathynge}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|path}}
* {{desc|sco|peth|paith}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=pā̆th|pos=n|id=MED32622|accessdate=2018-08-08}}

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|enm|verb}}

# {{alt form|enm|pathen}}

{{C|enm|Anatomy|Human behaviour|Roads}}