traffic
CongestedCongested.
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» The traffic light changed to red.
Die Verkehrsampel wurde rot. — Manfredo
Die Ampel wurde rot. — Esperantostern
Сигнал светофора сменился на красный. — Hellerick
Загорелся красный свет. — axxeny
На светофоре загорелся красный. — axxeny
Сигнал світлофора змінився на червоний. — deniko
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1 senses(Philippines)Congested.
It’s super traffic here in Manila.
Examples
1128 sentencesThe traffic light changed to red.
Сигнал світлофора змінився на червоний. — deniko
ruСигнал светофора сменился на красный. — Hellerick
deDie Verkehrsampel wurde rot. — Manfredo
The traffic lights were all red.
Всі світлофори були червоними. — sakhnik
deDie Ampeln waren alle rot. — ayu
How did the traffic accident happen?
Як сталася ця аварія? — deniko
ruКак эта дорожная авария произошла? — Snark
deWie kam es zu dem Verkehrsunfall? — riotlake
We must pay attention to traffic signals.
Нам треба звертати увагу на сигнал світлофора. — Internecivus
ruМы должны уделять внимание сигналам светофора. — odexed
deWir müssen die Ampel beachten. — PeterR
He got injured in the traffic accident.
Він постраждав в дорожньо-транспортній пригоді. — Internecivus
ruОн пострадал в дорожном происшествии. — Leonid204
Origin
From Middle French trafique, traffique (“traffic”), from Italian traffico (“traffic”) fromFrom 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-”).
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Forms
more traffic, most traffic| Comparative | more traffic Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most traffic Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A2City and transport — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- a traffic accident
- traffic accident
- in a traffic
- a traffic jam
- traffic jam
- the traffic accident
- stuck in traffic
- heavy traffic
- rush hour traffic
- traffic light
- lot of traffic
- the heavy traffic
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.