stop sign

stop sign

See also: stopsign

English

A stop sign in Australia

Alternative forms

• stopsign

Noun

stop sign (plural stop signs)

1. A sign by the side of a road or street, often at an intersection, instructing vehicle drivers to stop.
   • 1979, AC/DC, Highway to Hell

     No stop signs, speed limit
     Nobody's gonna slow me down

Derived terms

• Texas stop sign

Related terms

• give way sign

Translations

traffic sign

Afrikaans: stopteken Arabic: please add this translation if you can Moroccan: سطوب‎ Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: stopka (cs) Dutch: stopbord (nl) n Esperanto: haltŝildo Finnish: stop-merkki French: arrêt (fr) m, stop (fr) m German: Stoppschild (de) n Greek: στοπ (el) n (stop) Hungarian: (informally) stoptábla, (formally) „Állj! Elsőbbségadás kötelező” tábla Irish: comhartha stop m Japanese: 一時停止標識 (ichiji teishi hyōshiki) Norwegian: Bokmål: stoppskilt n Nynorsk: stoppskilt n Polish: stop (pl) m Portuguese: stop (pt) m (Portugal), sinal de stop m (Portugal), placa de pare f (Brazil) Russian: движение без остановки запрещено (dviženije bez ostanovki zapreščeno) Spanish: señal de alto f, señal de stop f, señal de pare f, alto (es) m, pare (es) m Swedish: stoppskylt (sv) Tagalog: babalang hinto Ukrainian: проїзд без зупинки заборонено (projizd bez zupynky zaboroneno)

Anagrams

• postings, sign-post, signpost, stopings