traffic cone

English

An orange traffic cone

Noun

traffic cone (plural traffic cones)

1. 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.

   Coordinate term: construction barrel

Synonyms

• road cone, safety cone, construction cone, pylon, witch's hat (Australia)

Translations

cone-shaped marker

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雪糕筒 (syut³ gou¹ tung^4-2)

  Mandarin: 交通錐／交通锥 (zh) (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, cône de signalisation (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