congestion

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/
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• Northern-England: /kʊnˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/
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From late Middle English congestioun, from Old French [Term?], from Latin congestĭō (“heap, accumulation”), from congerō (“to bring together, accumulate, heap up”), formed by the root gerō (“to carry”) and the prefix con-.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِحْتِقَان (iḥtiqān) — accumulation, buildup
• Bulgarian: натрупване (natrupvane) — accumulation, buildup
• Czech: nahromadění — accumulation, buildup
• Czech: zahlcení — accumulation, buildup
• Danish: tilstopning — accumulation, buildup
• Dutch: verstopping — accumulation, buildup
• Galician: conxestión — accumulation, buildup
• Hebrew: גודש — accumulation, buildup
• Hungarian: túlterheltség — accumulation, buildup
• Hungarian: torlódás — accumulation, buildup
• Hungarian: összetorlódás — accumulation, buildup
• Northern Kurdish: xitimî — accumulation, buildup
• Polish: zator — accumulation, buildup
• Russian: скопле́ние (skoplénije) — accumulation, buildup
• Slovak: nahromadenie — accumulation, buildup
• Slovak: nakopenie — accumulation, buildup
• Slovak: zahltenie — accumulation, buildup
• Spanish: congestión — accumulation, buildup
• Swedish: anhopning — accumulation, buildup
• Swedish: sammanhopning — accumulation, buildup
• Arabic: اِحْتِقَان (iḥtiqān) — medicine: blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive
• Hungarian: vértolulás — medicine: blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive
• Hungarian: vérbőség — medicine: blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive
• Hungarian: pangás — medicine: blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive
• Hungarian: vértelítettség — medicine: blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive
• Hungarian: tolulás — medicine: blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive
• Bulgarian: задръстване (zadrǎstvane) — excess of traffic
• Czech: zácpa — excess of traffic
• Danish: trængsel — excess of traffic
• Dutch: opstopping — excess of traffic
• Finnish: ruuhka — excess of traffic
• Finnish: liikenneruuhka — excess of traffic
• French: embouteillage — excess of traffic
• French: bouchon — excess of traffic
• Galician: atasco — excess of traffic
• Galician: atoamento — excess of traffic
• German: stockender Verkehr — excess of traffic
• German: leichter Stau — excess of traffic
• German: leichter Verkehrsstau — excess of traffic
• Hebrew: עומס תנועה — excess of traffic
• Hungarian: zsúfoltság — excess of traffic
• Hungarian: torlódás — excess of traffic
• Hungarian: dugó — excess of traffic
• Hungarian: forgalmi zavar — excess of traffic
• Icelandic: umferðarhnútur — excess of traffic
• Icelandic: umferðarteppa — excess of traffic
• Irish: brú tráchta — excess of traffic
• Irish: plódú tráchta — excess of traffic
• Macedonian: сообраќаен метеж (soobraḱaen metež) — excess of traffic
• Persian: ازدحام (ezdehâm) — excess of traffic
• Polish: zator — excess of traffic
• Russian: зато́р (zatór) — excess of traffic
• Russian: про́бка (próbka) — excess of traffic
• Slovak: zápcha — excess of traffic
• Slovak: kongescia — excess of traffic
• Spanish: congestión — excess of traffic
• Spanish: atasco — excess of traffic
• Swedish: stockning — excess of traffic
• Swedish: trängsel — excess of traffic
• Urdu: بھیڑ (bhīṛ) — excess of traffic
• Urdu: بھیڑ بھاڑ (bhīṛ bhāṛ) — excess of traffic
• Hungarian: dugulás — medicine: an excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion
• Hungarian: orrdugulás — medicine: an excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion
• Hungarian: tüdőpangás — medicine: an excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion