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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespériphérique
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pe-ri-fe-rik
"Il y a beaucoup de circulation sur le périphérique."
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A road that circles around a town or city to prevent traffic from entering the center.
"Traffic was diverted onto the ring road to avoid the downtown congestion."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines the Old English noun 'ring', referring to a circular line or object, with 'road', derived from the Old English 'rad' meaning a riding or journey. It emerged in modern urban planning terminology during the 20th century to describe circumferential highways designed to ease city center congestion.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ring road" is said worldwide
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périphérique
Transliteration: pe-ri-fe-rik
"Il y a beaucoup de circulation sur le périphérique."
Ringstraße
Transliteration: rɪŋˌʃtʁaːsə
"Die Baustelle auf der Ringstraße verursacht Staus."
tangenziale
Transliteration: tan-dʒen-ˈtja-le
"Prendi la tangenziale per aggirare la città."
circunvalación
Transliteration: siɾ.kum.ba.laˈsjon
"La carretera de circunvalación ayuda a descongestionar el tráfico."
circular
Transliteration: siɾ.kuˈlaɾ
"O acidente aconteceu na circular urbana."
रिंग रोड
Transliteration: ring rod
"शहर की भीड़भाड़ से बचने के लिए रिंग रोड का उपयोग करें।"
环路
Transliteration: huán lù
"早高峰时段环路非常拥堵。"
순환도로
Transliteration: sunhwan-doro
"순환도로를 타면 목적지에 더 빨리 갈 수 있어요."
環状線
Transliteration: kanjōsen
"環状線に乗って都心を避けてください。"
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