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Etymology
From F. trafic, S. tráfico, It. traffico

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-traffic.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æfɪk|-æfɪk

Noun
traffic uncountable

1. pedestrian|Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or passage thereof.

#: Traffic is slow at rush hour.

1. commercial|Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.

#: Seaports often deal with heavy traffic night and day.

1. illegal|Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.
2. Exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.

Translations
trans-top|pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air
Bosnian: saobra�aj m
Czech: doprava f
Dutch: verkeer n
Finnish: liikenne, lentoliikenne
French: circulation f, trafic m
German: Verkehr m, Personenverkehr m
Hebrew: he-translation|תנ�ע�|tnu`á|wv=תְּנ�ּעָ� f
Italian: traffico m
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Japanese: 交� (����, k�tsū)
Malayalam: �താ�ത� (gathaagatham)
Portuguese: tráfego m, trânsito m
Russian: движение (dvižénije) n
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �аоб�а�а� m
:Roman: saobra�aj m
Swedish: trafik c, samfärdsel c
Tamil: திர���� (tirakku)
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trans-top|commercial transportation or exchange of goods
Bosnian: promet m
Dutch: handel m, verkeer n
Finnish: kauppa
German: Verkehr m, Warenverkehr m
Italian: traffico m
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Japanese: �� (����, torihiki)
Portuguese: tráfego m
Russian: �о�говл� (torgóvlja) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: п�оме� m
:Roman: promet m
Swedish: handel c
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trans-top|illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs
Dutch: zwarte handel m
Finnish: mustapörssi
French: traite f, trafic m
Hebrew: he-translation|ס�ר|sákhar m
Italian: tratta f
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Japanese: �� (����, torihiki)
Portuguese: trata f, tráfico m
Romanian: trata f
Russian: �о�говл� (torgóvlja) f
Spanish: trata f
Swedish: illegal handel c, trafficking c (about people)
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trans-top|exchange or flux of information, messages or data
Dutch: verkeer n
Finnish: tietoliikenne
German: Verkehr m, Datenverkehr m
Hebrew: he-translation|ע��ס|ómes m
Italian: traffico m
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Japanese: 交信 (����, k�shin)
Portuguese: tráfego m, trânsito m
Swedish: trafik c
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|�ر�ر unicode|(murú:r) m
ttbc|Chinese: 交� (ji�ot�ng)
ttbc|Hungarian: forgalom
ttbc|Indonesian: lalu-lintas
ttbc|Interlingua: circulation; traffico
ttbc|Korean: �� (gyotong)
ttbc|Spanish: tráfico m
ttbc|Ukrainian: ��� (ru�) m
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Verb
en-verb|traffics|trafficking|trafficked

1. intransitive To pass goods and commodity|commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.
2. intransitive To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
3. transitive To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

Translations
trans-top|To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money
Hebrew: he-translation|�ס��ר|liskhór
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trans-top|To trade meanly or mercenarily;
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trans-top|To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration
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References
R:Webster 1913

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