layover

See also: lay over

English

Etymology

From lay +‎ over.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪˌəʊvə(ɹ)/

Noun

layover (plural layovers)

1. (Canada, US, Australia) A break between stages of a journey.

   We had a layover while waiting to change planes, so we stretched our legs.

   • 2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 78:

     We could restore a second platform at Battersby to eliminate the long layover in the branch stub that is currently required for trains to pass one another.

Translations

break between stages of a journey

• Arabic:

  Gulf Arabic: ترانزيت m (trānzēt)

  Hijazi Arabic: ترانزيت m (trānzīt)

• Bulgarian: спиране (bg) n (spirane), престой (bg) m (prestoj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨時滯留 / 临时滞留

• Danish: mellemlanding c
• Dutch: tussenstop (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: ümberistumine
• Finnish: välilasku (fi)
• French: escale (fr) f
• German: Aufenthalt (de) m
• Hungarian: várakozás (hu), pihenő (hu)
• Indonesian: singgah (id)
• Italian: scalo (it) m
• Japanese: 待ち合わせ (ja) (まちあわせ, machiawase)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: escala (pt) f
• Russian: остано́вка (ru) f (ostanóvka)
• Slovene: postanek m
• Spanish: escala (es) f, parada en el camino f, transbordo (es) m
• Swedish: mellanlandning (sv) c, uppehåll (sv) n
• Telugu: మజిలీ (te) (majilī)

See also

• stopover

References

• “layover”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• overlay