Usage Note
Corridor is used for interior passageways in buildings as well as geographic corridors (e.g. le corridor humanitaire). In everyday spoken French couloir is the more common word for a building hallway, while corridor carries a slightly more formal or technical register. Both are masculine.
Examples
"Elle attendait dans le corridor."
Natural Translation
She was waiting in the corridor.

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