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The times of the day when traffic jams are commonplace, due mainly to people commuting to or from work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- It takes 30 minutes to drive there, but maybe 2 hours during the rush hour.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hour, time of day
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سَاعَة اَلذُّرْوَة
(sāʕat aḏ-ḏurwa)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Armenian:
պիկ ժամ
(pik žam)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Belarusian:
гадзі́на пі́к
(hadzína pík)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Catalan:
hora punta
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Catalan:
hora pic
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Chinese Mandarin:
高峰時段 /高峰时段
(gāofēng shíduàn)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Chinese Mandarin:
繁忙時段 /繁忙时段
(fánmáng shíduàn)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Czech:
dopravní špička
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Danish:
myldretid
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Dutch:
spits
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Dutch:
spitsuur
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Estonian:
tipptund
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Finnish:
ruuhka-aika
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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French:
heure de pointe
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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German:
Stoßzeit
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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German:
Hauptverkehrszeit
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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German:
Rushhour
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Hebrew:
שְׁעַת שִׂיא
(she'át sí)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Hungarian:
csúcsforgalom
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Icelandic:
háannatími
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Italian:
ora di punta
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Japanese:
ラッシュ時
(rasshu-ji)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Japanese:
ラッシュアワー
(rasshu awā)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Japanese:
通勤ラッシュ
(tsūkin rasshu)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Korean:
러시아워
(reosiawo)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Korean:
출퇴근 시간
(chultoegeun sigan)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Norwegian Bokmål:
rushtid
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
rushtid
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Polish:
godziny szczytu
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Portuguese:
horário de pico
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Portuguese:
hora do rush
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Portuguese:
hora de ponta
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Romanian:
oră de vârf
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Russian:
час пи́к
(čas pík)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Spanish:
hora del taco
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Spanish:
hora "peak"
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Spanish:
hora pico
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Spanish:
hora punta
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Spanish:
hora de apuros
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Spanish:
hora pendularista
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Swedish:
rusningstid
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Swedish:
rusningstrafik
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Tigrinya:
መኪና ዝበዝሓሉ እዋን
(mäkina zəbäzḥalu ʾəwan)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Tigrinya:
ግዜ ዋሕዚ
(gəze waḥzi)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Ukrainian:
годи́на пі́к
(hodýna pík)
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Vietnamese:
giờ cao điểm
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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Welsh:
awr frys
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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West Frisian:
spits
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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West Frisian:
spitsoere
— times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting