traffic in English: All the cars, buses and lorries moving along a road at the same time. (noun)

/ˈtræfɪk/

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Translation

All the cars, buses and lorries moving along a road at the same time.

Word origin

From Italian traffico, which meant trade and the moving of goods from place to place.

"Traffic" is uncountable, so it takes a singular verb.

"In traffic" means stuck among other cars.

less .

Here "traffic" means the number of cars on the road.

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This word is part of lesson 35.