traffic light en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code.
In Sydney you'd better be riding the clutch and completely in sync with the traffic lights so that your car is already moving as they turn green.
2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 65:
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(plural-normally) A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code. ▸ A road intersection controlled by one or more such devices.
How do I get to the hospital? ~ You go straight on to the traffic lights, then turn left at the traffic lights and the hospital is on your right.
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A colour code using the three signals of a traffic light (green, yellow or amber, and red) as a metaphor.
The Department of Health recommends that food packaging display the recommended daily intake with a traffic light system, for ease of understanding.
- The colored dots on stamp sheet margins printed with offset printing or photogravure methods, used by the printers to check color accuracy.
- In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of four blinkers that are orthogonally equidistant from a central point.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| traffic lights | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
railway signal · railway signal
Deriveds
traffic light party · traffic light coalition
Meronyms
amber light · green light · green light · amber light · red light · red light · yellow light · yellow light
Relateds
Synonyms
stop light · robot policeman · robot · traffic signal · robot · stop light · signals · robot policeman · lights · traffic signal
Translations (160)
hak 紅綠燈 /红绿灯 (signalling device) · fr feu de circulation (signalling device) · ms lampu trafik (signalling device) · sh се̏мафо̄р (signalling device) · ur ٹْرَیفِک سِگْنَل (signalling device) · sl semafor (signalling device) · vi đèn xanh đỏ (signalling device) · ary ضو احمر (signalling device) · ko 신호등 (signalling device) · alt светофор (signalling device) · lo ໄຟຈະລາຈອນ (signalling device) · ff pooye laawol (signalling device) · ar إِشَارَة ضَوْئِيَّة (signalling device) · ajp ضوّ (signalling device) · bg светофа́р (signalling device) · hy լուսացույց (signalling device) · pt (Florianópolis) sinaleira (signalling device) · lo ໄຟສັນຍານຈໍລະຈອນ (signalling device) · tg светофор (signalling device) · ro semafor (signalling device) · yi פֿאָרסיגנאַל (signalling device) · da lyssignal (signalling device) · ja ゴーストップ (signalling device) · pl sygnalizator świetlny (signalling device) · hi ट्रैफ़िक सिग्नल (signalling device) · ms lampu isyarat (signalling device) · nn trafikklys (signalling device) · ja 信号 (signalling device) · hi ट्रैफ़िक लाइट (signalling device) · hu jelzőlámpa (signalling device) · sv trafikljus (signalling device) · bn সিগনাল (signalling device) · vi đèn hiệu (signalling device) · nb trafikklys (signalling device) · ru светофо́р (signalling device) · my မီးပွိုင့် (signalling device) · pl światło sygnalizacyjne (signalling device) · eo semaforo (signalling device) · ur ٹْرَیفِک لائِٹْس (signalling device) · lad lampas de trafik (signalling device) · es semáforo (signalling device) · ky светофор (signalling device) · eu semaforo (signalling device) · cy goleuadau (signalling device) · ajp إشارة (signalling device) · ug قىزىل-يېشىل چىراغ (signalling device) · vi đèn xanh đèn đỏ (signalling device) · cmn 紅青燈 /红青灯 (signalling device) · de Robot (signalling device) · sq semafor (signalling device) · km ពន្លឺចរាចរណ៍ (signalling device) · ta குறிகை விளக்கு (signalling device) · ar إِشَارَة مُرُور (signalling device) · hi रोबोट (signalling device) · fi liikennevalot (signalling device) · gl semáforo (signalling device) · frr Ferkearleäch (signalling device) · lad luzes de tráfiko (signalling device) · ka შუქნიშანი (signalling device) · sh svetlokaz (signalling device) · he רַמְזוֹר (signalling device) · sk semafor (signalling device) · mt dawl tat-traffiku (signalling device) · lv luksofors (signalling device) · ja 信号機 (signalling device) · ast semáforu (signalling device) · pl sygnalizacja (signalling device) · apc إِشَارَة مُرُور (signalling device) · ky белгишам (signalling device) · cdo 紅綠燈 /红绿灯 (signalling device) · ug قاتناش چىرىغى (signalling device) · da trafiklys (signalling device) · sh светлоказ (signalling device) · ca semàfor (signalling device) · kk бағдаршам (signalling device) · uk світлофо́р (signalling device) · az yol işığı (signalling device) · pt sinal de trânsito (signalling device) · ajp رمزور (signalling device) · ug قاتناش سىگنالى (signalling device) · mn гэрлэн дохио (signalling device) · kmr trafoyê (signalling device) · af robot (signalling device) · vec semàfero (signalling device) · wuu 紅綠燈 /红绿灯 (signalling device) · id alat pemberi isyarat lalu lintas (signalling device) · hu közlekedési lámpa (signalling device) · it semaforo (signalling device) · th ไฟจราจร (signalling device) · de Verkehrsampel (signalling device) · id lampu merah (signalling device) · nl verkeerslicht (signalling device) · nan-hbl 青紅燈 /青红灯 (signalling device) · cy goleuad traffig (signalling device) · tr trafik ışığı (signalling device) · ja 交通信号 (signalling device) · cs světelné signalizační zařízení (signalling device) · la sēmaphorum (signalling device) · mn дохионы гэрэл (signalling device) · ovd trafikliuos (signalling device) · lv svetofors (signalling device) · fo ferðsluljós (signalling device) · fa-ira چِراغِ راهْنَمایی (signalling device) · tg чароғак (signalling device) · nl stoplicht (signalling device) · de Signallicht (signalling device) · frr ferkiarlaacht (signalling device) · nan-hbl 紅青燈 /红青灯 (signalling device) · fy ferkearsljocht (signalling device) · cs semafor (signalling device) · ur ٹْرَیفِک لائِٹ (signalling device) · tg чароғи раҳнамо (signalling device) · ajp إِشَارَة مُرُور (signalling device) · kmr lembaya trafîkê (signalling device) · id lampu lalu lintas (signalling device) · pt farol (signalling device) · fr feu tricolore (signalling device) · az işıqfor (signalling device) · mk семафо́р (signalling device) · pt semáforo (signalling device) · hi यातायात बत्ती (signalling device) · hak 紅青燈 /红青灯 (signalling device) · tk swetofor (signalling device) · ff 𞤨𞤮𞥅𞤴𞤫 𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮𞤤 (signalling device) · is umferðarljós (signalling device) · fr feu de signalisation (signalling device) · da lyskurv (signalling device) · de Ampel (signalling device) · rsk семафор (signalling device) · eo trafiklumoj (signalling device) · tk ýolyşyk (signalling device) · frr Forkiirsleecht (signalling device) · mn замын гэрэл (signalling device) · yue 交通燈 /交通灯 (signalling device) · lt šviesoforas (signalling device) · vi đèn hiệu giao thông (signalling device) · et valgusfoor (signalling device) · cmn 信號燈 /信号灯 (signalling device) · ba светофор (signalling device) · el φανάρι (signalling device) · nrf veue d'trafi (signalling device) · rue семафо́р (signalling device) · pl światła drogowe (signalling device) · cmn 紅綠燈 /红绿灯 (signalling device) · aii ܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܵܐ ܕܡܲܪܕܝܼܬܵܐ (signalling device) · tl ilaw-trapiko (signalling device) · th สัญญาณไฟจราจร (signalling device) · yue 紅綠燈 /红绿灯 (signalling device) · sh sȅmafōr (signalling device) · fr feu (signalling device) · pt sinal (signalling device) · sv trafiksignal (signalling device) · acw إِشَارَة (signalling device) · be святлафо́р (signalling device) · vi đèn giao thông (signalling device) · hu stoplámpa (signalling device) · af verkeerslig (signalling device) · uz svetofor (signalling device) · ga solas tráchta (signalling device) · ps ترافیکي څراغونه (signalling device)