traffic circle

traffic circle

English

Columbus Circle in New York City.

Noun

traffic circle (plural traffic circles)

1. (US, Canada) an intersection with a circular shape and, usually, a central island

Synonyms

• rotary (New England)
• roundabout (British, Australian)

Coordinate terms

• pork chop island (triangular traffic island)

Translations

an intersection with a circular shape and, usually, a central island

Arabic: دَوَّار‎ m (dawwār) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: kruhový objezd (cs) m Esperanto: trafikcirklo Finnish: liikenneympyrä (fi) French: rond-point (fr) m, giratoire (fr) m (Switzerland) German: Kreisverkehr (de) m Irish: compal m, timpeallán m

Italian: rotatoria (it) f Khmer: ផ្លូវវង់មូល (phlovvôngmul) Norwegian: Bokmål: rundkjøring (no) m or f Nynorsk: rundkøyring f Romanian: sens giratoriu (ro) n Russian: кольцевая транспортная развя́зка (kolʹcevaja transportnaja razvjázka), уча́сток дороги с круговым движением (učástok dorogi s krugovym dviženijem) Spanish: glorieta (es) f, redondel m, rotonda (es) f Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can