Skip to content

binario

railway track, platform

noun bee-NAH-ryoh Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Origin: From Latin binarius (consisting of two), referring to the two rails.

Also means

binary (computing)

Usage Note

Binario primarily means a railway track or platform number (il treno parte dal binario tre = the train leaves from platform three). In computing it is an adjective or noun meaning 'binary.' As an adjective (sistema binario) it means binary. The plural is binari.

Examples

"Il treno è fermo al binario cinque."

Natural Translation

The train is stopped at platform five.

Explore Italian by topic