traffic cone

English

An orange traffic cone

Noun

traffic cone (plural traffic cones)

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.

Synonyms

road cone, safety cone, construction cone, pylon, witch's hat

Translations

cone-shaped marker

Chinese:
Cantonese: 雪糕筒 (syut³ gou¹ tung⁴^-²)

Mandarin: 交通錐, 交通锥 (jiāotōngzhuī)
Czech: dopravní kužel m
Dutch: verkeerskegel m, afzetkegel m, pylon (nl) m
Faroese: ferðslukeyla f
Finnish: sulkukartio
French: plot (fr) m, cône de chantier (fr) m
German: Leitkegel (de) (officially), Lübecker Hütchen (de), Verkehrsleitkegel (de), Pylon (de), Verkehrshütchen (de), Haberkornhütchen (Austrian), Verkehrsstöggel (Swiss)

Hungarian: terelőkúp
Italian: birillo (it) m
Japanese: カラーコーン (karā kōn), 三角コーン (sankaku kōn), パイロン (pairon), ロードコーン (rōdo kōn)
Norman: cône dé trafi f
Polish: pachołek drogowy m
Portuguese: cone de trânsito m, cone de tráfego m
Russian: доро́жный ко́нус m (doróžnyj kónus)
Spanish: cono de tráfico m
Swedish: kon (sv) c, vägkon c, trafikkon c

References

traffic cone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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