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Pronunciation / Transliteration: こうつう
"ラッシュアワーの交通は混雑していました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The movement of vehicles and pedestrians along roads.
"The traffic was heavy during rush hour." - 2
The commercial activity of buying and selling goods.
"The traffic of goods increased significantly during the holiday season."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Italian traffico and the Old Italian trafficare, meaning to carry on trade or commerce, with roots possibly tracing back to Latin trans- and facere or Arabic tarfiq. Over the centuries, the commercial connotation evolved to describe the movement of goods, and later, the movement of vehicles and pedestrians along transportation routes.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Traffic" is said worldwide
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trafic
Transliteration: trafik
"Le trafic était dense pendant l'heure de pointe."
Verkehr
Transliteration: fer-kair
"Der Verkehr war während der Stoßzeiten stark."
traffico
Transliteration: traf-fee-ko
"Il traffico era intenso durante l'ora di punta."
tráfico
Transliteration: trah-fi-ko
"El tráfico estaba pesado durante la hora pico."
tráfego
Transliteration: trah-feh-go
"O tráfego estava intenso durante o horário de pico."
यातायात
Transliteration: yaatayaat
"पीक समय के दौरान यातायात भारी था।"
交通
Transliteration: jiāotōng
"高峰时段交通繁忙。"
교통
Transliteration: gyotong
"혼잡한 시간대에 교통이 막혔습니다."
交通
Transliteration: こうつう
"ラッシュアワーの交通は混雑していました。"
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