traffic

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• trăf'ĭk
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæfɪk/
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• rhymes with -æfɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: T R AE1 F IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French trafique, traffique (“traffic”), from Italian traffico (“traffic”) from trafficare (“to carry on trade”). Potentially from Vulgar Latin *trānsfrīcāre (“to rub across”); Klein instead suggests the Italian has ultimate origin in Arabic تَفْرِيق (tafrīq, “distribution, dispersion”), reshaped to match the native prefix tra- (“trans-”). The adjectival sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog trapik and follows a general trend in Philippine English to construct a noun from an adjective.

211 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: trafik — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Amharic: ትራፊክ (tərafik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Arabic: مُرُور (murūr) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Armenian: երթեւեկություն (ertʻewekutʻyun) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Armenian: երթեւեկում (ertʻewekum) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Azerbaijani: yol hərəkəti — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Azerbaijani: hərəkət — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Bashkir: хәрәкәт (xərəkət) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Bashkir: юл хәрәкәте (yul xərəkəte) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Basque: trafiko — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Belarusian: рух (rux) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Belarusian: тра́фік (tráfik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Bengali: ট্র্যাফিক (ṭrjaphik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Bulgarian: движе́ние (dvižénie) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Burmese: အသွားအလာ (a.swa:a.la) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Catalan: trànsit — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Catalan: circulació — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Chinese Cantonese: 交通 — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Chinese Mandarin: 交通 (jiāotōng) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Czech: doprava — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Danish: trafik — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Danish: færdsel — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Dutch: verkeer — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Esperanto: trafiko — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Estonian: liiklus — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Finnish: liikenne — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• French: circulation — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• French: trafic — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Galician: tráfico — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Georgian: მოძრაობა (moʒraoba) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• German: Verkehr — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• German: Personenverkehr — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Bavarian German: Vakea — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Hebrew: תְּנוּעָה (t'nu'á) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Hindi: यातायात (yātāyāt) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Hindi: परिवहन (parivhan) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Hindi: आवागमन (āvāgman) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Hindi: ट्रैफ़िक (ṭraifik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Hindi: ट्रैफिक (ṭraiphik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Hungarian: forgalom — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Icelandic: umferð — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Ido: trafiko — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Indonesian: lalu lintas — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Irish: trácht — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Italian: traffico — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Italian: viabilità — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Japanese: 交通 (kōtsū) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Kazakh: қозғалыс (qozğalys) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Khmer: ចរាចរ (cɑɑraacɑɑ) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Korean: 교통 (gyotong) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Kyrgyz: кыймыл (kıymıl) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Lao: ຈາລະຈອນ (chā la chǭn) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Latin: transitus — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Latvian: satiksme — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Lithuanian: eismas — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Macedonian: соо́браќај (soóbraḱaj) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Malay: lalu lintas — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Malay: trafik — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Malayalam: ഗതാഗതം (gatāgataṁ) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Marathi: रहदारी (rahdārī) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Norman: trafi — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Norwegian Bokmål: trafikk — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Norwegian Bokmål: ferdsel — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trafikk — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ferdsel — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Iranian Persian: تِرافیک (terâfik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Iranian Persian: عُبور و مُرور (obur o morur) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Iranian Persian: تَرَدُّد (taraddod) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Polish: ruch drogowy — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Polish: komunikacja — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Polish: ruch uliczny — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Portuguese: tráfego — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Portuguese: trânsito — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Romanian: circulație — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Romanian: trafic — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Romanian: circulație rutieră — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Russian: движе́ние (dvižénije) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Russian: тра́фик (tráfik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Scots: traffec — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Scots: traffeck — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Scottish Gaelic: trafaig — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Serbo-Croatian: са̏обраћа̄ј — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Serbo-Croatian: про́мет — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Serbo-Croatian: sȁobraćāj — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Serbo-Croatian: prómet — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Sicilian: tràficu — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Slovak: doprava — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Slovene: promet — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Spanish: tráfico — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Spanish: tránsito — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Spanish: circulación — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Swedish: trafik — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Swedish: samfärdsel — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Tagalog: trapiko — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Tajik: ҳаракат (harakat) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Tamil: திரக்கு (tirakku) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Tatar: хәрәкәт (xäräkät) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Tatar: юл хәрәкәте (yul xäräkäte) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Thai: จราจร (jà-raa-jɔɔn) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Tigrinya: ትራፊክ (tərafik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Turkish: trafik — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Turkish: seyrüsefer — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Ukrainian: рух (rux) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Ukrainian: тра́фік (tráfik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Urdu: ٹَرافِک (ṭarāfik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Urdu: سَودا (saudā) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Urdu: آمد و رفت (āmad-o-raft) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Urdu: ٹْرَیفِک (ṭraifik) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Uyghur: قاتناش (qatnash) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Uzbek: harakat — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Uzbek: yoʻl harakati — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Vietnamese: sự giao thông — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Vietnamese: giao thông — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Welsh: traffig — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Yiddish: אומגאַנג (umgang) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Yiddish: פֿאַרקער (farker) — pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
• Belarusian: га́ндаль (hándalʹ) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Bulgarian: търго́вия (tǎrgóvija) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Catalan: tràfic — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Chinese Mandarin: 交易 (jiāoyì) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Dutch: handel — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Dutch: verkeer — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Finnish: kauppa — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Finnish: liikenne — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• German: Verkehr — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• German: Warenverkehr — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Bavarian German: Vakea — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Hindi: परिवहन (parivhan) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Icelandic: viðskipti — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Italian: traffico — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Japanese: 取引 (torihiki) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Latin: commercium — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Macedonian: про́мет (prómet) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Portuguese: tráfego — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Russian: торго́вля (torgóvlja) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Scots: traffec — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Scots: traffeck — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Serbo-Croatian: про́мет — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Serbo-Croatian: prómet — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Sicilian: tràficu — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Swedish: handel — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Ottoman Turkish: تجارت (ticâret) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Ukrainian: торгі́вля (torhívlja) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Yiddish: פֿאַרקער (farker) — commercial transportation or exchange of goods
• Bulgarian: незако́нна търго́вия (nezakónna tǎrgóvija) — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Catalan: contraban — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Dutch: zwarte handel — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Esperanto: ŝakrado — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Finnish: mustapörssi — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Finnish: salakauppa — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• French: traite — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• French: trafic — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Hebrew: סחר (sákhar) — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Hindi: तस्करी (taskarī) — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Italian: tratta — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Japanese: 取引 (torihiki) — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Portuguese: trata — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Portuguese: tráfico — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Romanian: trafic — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Russian: торго́вля (torgóvlja) — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Scots: traffec — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Scots: traffeck — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Sicilian: tràficu — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Spanish: trata — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Swedish: illegal handel — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Swedish: trafficking — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Ottoman Turkish: تجارت (ticâret) — illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
• Belarusian: тра́фік (tráfik) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Bulgarian: тра́фик (tráfik) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Catalan: tràfic — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Chinese Mandarin: 流量 (liúliàng) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Czech: provoz — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Dutch: verkeer — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Finnish: tietoliikenne — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• German: Verkehr — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• German: Datenverkehr — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Bavarian German: Vakea — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Hebrew: עומס (ómes) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Hindi: संपर्क (sampark) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Hindi: संवाद (samvād) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Italian: traffico — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Japanese: 交信 (kōshin) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Japanese: トラフィック (torafikku) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Korean: 교신 (gyosin) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Korean: 트래픽 (teuraepik) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Macedonian: соо́браќај (soóbraḱaj) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Māori: whitirau — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Polish: komunikacja — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Portuguese: tráfego — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Portuguese: trânsito — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Russian: тра́фик (tráfik) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Scots: traffec — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Scots: traffeck — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Sicilian: curtigghiu — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Sicilian: tràficu — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Swedish: trafik — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Ukrainian: тра́фік (tráfik) — exchange or flux of information, messages or data
• Bulgarian: продавам (prodavam) — to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
• Finnish: käydä kauppaa — to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
• Ancient Greek: ἐμπορεύομαι (emporeúomai) — to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
• Hebrew: סחר (sakhár) — to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
• Hindi: व्यापार (vyāpār) — to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
• Hungarian: kereskedik — to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
• Hungarian: üzletel — to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
• Latin: nūndinor — to pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods
• Bulgarian: търгувам незаконно (tǎrguvam nezakonno) — to trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain
• Finnish: tinkiä — to trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain
• Hungarian: üzérkedik — to trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain
• Hungarian: illegálisan kereskedik — to trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain
• Spanish: traficar — to trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain
• Hungarian: csempész — to exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration