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autoroute

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au⋅to⋅route

[aw-toh-root; Fr. oh-toh-root]
–noun, plural -routes [-roots; Fr. -root] .
a principal highway, esp. in France and French-speaking Canada.

Origin:
1960–65; < F; see auto, route
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au·to·route   (ô'tō-rōōt')   
n.  An expressway in France and French-speaking countries.

[French : auto, automobile; see auto + route, road (from Old French; see route).]
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