Phrase guide

traffic cone

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A cone-shaped marker, generally made out of plastic or rubber, that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic in a safe manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: yol konusu — cone-shaped marker
  • Azerbaijani: nəqliyyat konusu — cone-shaped marker
  • Catalan: con de trànsit — cone-shaped marker
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雪糕筒 — cone-shaped marker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交通錐 /交通锥 (jiāotōngzhuī) — cone-shaped marker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 路障 (lùzhàng) — cone-shaped marker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 路錐 /路锥 (lùzhuī) — cone-shaped marker
  • Czech: dopravní kužel — cone-shaped marker
  • Dutch: verkeerskegel — cone-shaped marker
  • Dutch: afzetkegel — cone-shaped marker
  • Dutch: pylon — cone-shaped marker
  • Faroese: ferðslukeyla — cone-shaped marker
  • Finnish: sulkukartio — cone-shaped marker
  • French: plot — cone-shaped marker
  • French: cône de chantier — cone-shaped marker
  • French: cône de signalisation — cone-shaped marker
  • German: Leitkegel — cone-shaped marker
  • German: Lübecker Hütchen — cone-shaped marker
  • German: Verkehrsleitkegel — cone-shaped marker
  • German: Pylon — cone-shaped marker
  • German: Verkehrshütchen — cone-shaped marker
  • German: Haberkornhütchen — cone-shaped marker
  • German: Verkehrsstöggel — cone-shaped marker
  • Hungarian: terelőkúp — cone-shaped marker
  • Icelandic: umferðarkeila — cone-shaped marker
  • Irish: cón tráchta — cone-shaped marker
  • Italian: birillo — cone-shaped marker
  • Japanese: カラーコーン (karā kōn) — cone-shaped marker
  • Japanese: 三角コーン (sankaku kōn) — cone-shaped marker
  • Japanese: パイロン (pairon) — cone-shaped marker
  • Japanese: ロードコーン (rōdo kōn) — cone-shaped marker
  • Korean: 트래픽 콘 (teuraepik kon) — cone-shaped marker
  • Norman: cône dé trafi — cone-shaped marker
  • Polish: pachołek drogowy — cone-shaped marker
  • Portuguese: cone de trânsito — cone-shaped marker
  • Portuguese: cone de tráfego — cone-shaped marker
  • Russian: доро́жный ко́нус (doróžnyj kónus) — cone-shaped marker
  • Sicilian: pipitollu — cone-shaped marker
  • Spanish: cono de tráfico — cone-shaped marker
  • Swedish: kon — cone-shaped marker
  • Swedish: vägkon — cone-shaped marker
  • Swedish: trafikkon — cone-shaped marker
  • Turkish: trafik konisi — cone-shaped marker
  • Welsh: côn traffig — cone-shaped marker