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stop sign

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sign by the side of a road or street, often at an intersection, instructing vehicle drivers to stop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: road, transport

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: stopteken — traffic sign
  • Arabic: سطوب — traffic sign
  • Chinese Mandarin: 停車讓行標誌 /停车让行标志 (tíngchē ràngxíng biāozhì) — traffic sign
  • Czech: stopka — traffic sign
  • Dutch: stopbord — traffic sign
  • Esperanto: haltŝildo — traffic sign
  • Finnish: stop-merkki — traffic sign
  • French: arrêt — traffic sign
  • French: stop — traffic sign
  • German: Stoppschild — traffic sign
  • Greek: στοπ (stop) — traffic sign
  • Hungarian: stoptábla — traffic sign
  • Hungarian: „Állj! Elsőbbségadás kötelező” tábla — traffic sign
  • Icelandic: stöðvunarmerki — traffic sign
  • Irish: comhartha stop — traffic sign
  • Japanese: 一時停止標識 (ichiji teishi hyōshiki) — traffic sign
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stoppskilt — traffic sign
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stoppskilt — traffic sign
  • Polish: stop — traffic sign
  • Portuguese: stop — traffic sign
  • Portuguese: sinal de stop — traffic sign
  • Portuguese: placa de pare — traffic sign
  • Russian: движение без остановки запрещено (dviženije bez ostanovki zapreščeno) — traffic sign
  • Spanish: señal de alto — traffic sign
  • Spanish: señal de stop — traffic sign
  • Spanish: señal de pare — traffic sign
  • Spanish: alto — traffic sign
  • Spanish: pare — traffic sign
  • Swedish: stoppskylt — traffic sign
  • Swedish: stoppmärke — traffic sign
  • Tagalog: babalang hinto — traffic sign
  • Ukrainian: проїзд без зупинки заборонено (projizd bez zupynky zaboroneno) — traffic sign