traffic light

See also: traffic-light

English

A traffic light (signalling device).

Noun

traffic light (plural traffic lights)

A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing to indicate when it may be safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal colour code.
(philately) The coloured dots on stamp sheet margins printed with offset litho or photogravure methods, used by the printers to check colour accuracy.

Synonyms

robot (South Africa)
stop light (US)
traffic signal (US)

Translations

signalling device

Afrikaans: robot, verkeerslig
Albanian: semafor (sq) m
Arabic: إِشَارَة اَلْمُرُور‎ f (ʾišārat al-murūr), إِشَارَة ضَوْئِيَّة‎ f (ʾišāra ḍawʾiyya)
Armenian: լուսացույց (hy) (lusacʿuycʿ), լուսաֆոր (hy) (lusafor), լուսազդանիշ (hy) (lusazdaniš), լուսազդանշան (hy) (lusazdanšan), լուսակիր (hy) (lusakir)
Asturian: semáforu m
Azerbaijani: işıqfor
Bashkir: светофор (svetofor)
Belarusian: святлафо́р m (svjatlafór)
Bengali: সিগনাল (signal)
Bulgarian: светофа́р (bg) m (svetofár)
Burmese: ယာဉ်အသွားအလာအလင်း (yany-a.swa:a.laa.lang:), အသွားအလာအလင်း (a.swa:a.laa.lang:), မီးပွိုင့် (mi:pwuing.)
Catalan: semàfor (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 紅綠燈, 红绿灯 (hung⁴ luk⁶ dang¹), 交通燈, 交通灯 (gaau¹ tung¹ dang¹)

Hakka: 紅青燈, 红青灯 (fùng-chhiâng-tên)

Mandarin: 紅綠燈 (zh), 红绿灯 (zh) (hónglǜdēng), 信號燈 (zh), 信号灯 (zh) (xìnhàodēng)

Min Nan: 青紅燈 (zh-min-nan), 青红灯 (chheⁿ-âng-teng, chhiⁿ-âng-teng)
Czech: semafor (cs) m, světelné signalizační zařízení n
Danish: lyssignal, lyskurv
Dutch: verkeerslicht (nl) n, stoplicht (nl) n
Elfdalian: trafikliuos
Esperanto: trafiklumoj, semaforo
Estonian: valgusfoor
Faroese: ferðsluljós n
Finnish: liikennevalot (fi) pl
French: feu (fr) m, feux de circulation (fr) m pl
Galician: semáforo (gl) m
Georgian: შუქნიშანი (šuknišani)
German: Ampel (de) f, Verkehrsampel (de) f; (Namibia, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)) Robot (de) m
Greek: φανάρι (el) n (fanári)
Hebrew: רַמְזוֹר‎ (he) m (ramzór)
Hindi: यातायात बत्ती (yātāyāt battī), ट्रैफ़िक लाइट (ṭraifik lāiṭ)
Hungarian: jelzőlámpa (hu), közlekedési lámpa (hu)
Icelandic: umferðarljós (is)
Indonesian: lampu lalu lintas (id)
Irish: solas tráchta m
Italian: semaforo (it) m

Japanese: 交通信号 (ja) (こうつうしんごう, kōtsū shingō), 信号 (ja) (しんごう, shingō), ゴーストップ (gōsutoppu), 信号機 (ja) (しんごうき, shingōki)
Kazakh: бағдаршам (bağdarşam)
Khmer: ពន្លឺចរាចរណ៍ (pŭənlɨɨ cɑɑraacɑɑ)
Korean: 신호등 (ko) (sinhodeung)
Kyrgyz: белгишам (belgişam), светофор (svetofor)
Lao: ໄຟສັນຍານຈໍລະຈອນ (lo) (fai san nyān chǭ la chǭn), ໄຟຈະລາຈອນ (fai cha lā chǭn)
Latvian: luksofors m, svetofors m (dated)
Lithuanian: šviesoforas m
Macedonian: семафо́р m (semafór)
Malay: lampu isyarat, lampu trafik
Maltese: dawl tat-traffiku m
Mongolian: замын гэрэл (zamyn gerel), дохионы гэрэл (dohiony gerel)
Norman: veue d'trafi f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: trafikklys (no) n

Nynorsk: trafikklys n
Persian: چراغ راهنمایی‎ (fa) (čerâğ-e râhnamâyi)
Polish: światło sygnalizacyjne n, sygnalizator świetlny, sygnalizacja (pl)
Portuguese: semáforo (pt), sinal de trânsito, sinal (pt), farol (pt) m
Romanian: semafor (ro) n
Russian: светофо́р (ru) m (svetofór)
Rusyn: семафо́р m (semafór)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: се̏мафо̄р m, светлоказ m

Roman: sȅmafōr (sh) m, svetlokaz
Slovak: semafor m
Slovene: semafor (sl) m
Spanish: semáforo (es) m
Swedish: trafikljus (sv), trafiksignal c
Tajik: чароғи раҳнамо (čaroġi rahnamo), светофор (svetofor)
Thai: สัญญาณไฟจราจร (sǎn-yaan-fai-jà-raa-jɔɔn), ไฟจราจร (fai-jà-raa-jɔɔn)
Turkish: trafik ışığı
Turkmen: swetofor
Ukrainian: світлофо́р m (svitlofór)
Uzbek: svetofor (uz)
Vietnamese: đèn giao thông, đèn hiệu, đèn hiệu giao thông, đèn xanh đèn đỏ, đèn xanh đỏ
Yiddish: פֿאָרסיגנאַל‎ (forsignal)
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

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