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===Etymology===
From {{etyl|fr}} ''[[trafic]]'', {{etyl|es}} ''[[tráfico]]'', {{etyl|it}} ''[[traffico]]''

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-traffic.ogg|Audio (US)}}

* {{rhymes|æfɪk}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}

# [[pedestrian|Pedestrians]] or [[vehicle]]s on [[road]]s, or the [[flux]] or [[passage]] thereof.
#: ''Traffic is slow at rush hour.''
# [[commercial|Commercial]] [[transportation]] or [[exchange]] of [[goods]], or the movement of [[passenger]]s or people.
#* '''1719-''' [[w:Daniel Defoe|Daniel Defoe]], ''[[w:Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''
#*: I had three large axes, and abundance of hatchets (for we carried the hatchets for '''traffic''' with the Indians)...
# [[illegal|Illegal]] trade or exchange of goods, often [[drug]]s.
# Exchange or [[flux]] of [[information]], [[message]]s or [[data]], as in a computer or telephone [[network]].

====Translations====
{{trans-top|pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air}}
* [[Amharic]]: {{tø|am|ትራፊክ|tr=trafik|sc=Ethi}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مرور|m|tr=muruur|sc=Arab}}
* Bosnian: [[saobraćaj]] {{m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|交通|tr=jiāotōng|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}
* Croatian: {{t-|hr|promet|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|doprava|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verkeer|n}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|liiklus}}
* Finnish: [[liikenne]], [[lentoliikenne]]
* French: {{t+|fr|circulation|f}}, {{t+|fr|trafic|m}}
* German: [[Verkehr]] {{m}}, [[Personenverkehr]] {{m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Hebrew: {{he-translation|תנועה|tnu`á|wv=תְּנוּעָה}} {{f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|forgalom}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|traffico|m}}
* Japanese: [[交通]] ([[こうつう]], kōtsū)
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|сообраќај|m|tr=soóbraḱaj|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}
* [[Malayalam]]: [[ഗതാഗതം]] (gathaagatham)
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tráfego|m}}, {{t+|pt|trânsito|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|движение|n|tr=dvižénije|sc=Cyrl}},  {{qualifier|slang}} {{t|ru|трафик|m|tr=tráfik|sc=Cyrl}}
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: [[саобраћај]] {{m}}
*: Roman: [[saobraćaj]] {{m}}
* Spanish: [[tráfico]] {{m}}, [[tránsito]] {{m}} {{italbrac|Latin America}}
* Swedish: [[trafik]] {{c}}, [[samfärdsel]] {{c}}
* [[Tamil]]: [[திரக்கு]] (tirakku)
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{{trans-top|commercial transportation or exchange of goods}}
* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|promet|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|handel|m}}, {{t+|nl|verkeer|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kauppa}}
* German: [[Verkehr]] {{m}}, [[Warenverkehr]] {{m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|traffico|m}}
* Japanese: [[取引]] (とりひき, [[torihiki]])
{{trans-mid}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|промет|m|tr=prómet|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tráfego|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|торговля|f|tr=torgóvlja|sc=Cyrl}}
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: [[промет]] {{m}}
*: Roman: [[promet]] {{m}}
* Swedish: {{t-|sv|handel|c}}
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{{trans-top|illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs}}
* Dutch: [[zwarte handel]] {{m}}
* Finnish: [[mustapörssi]]
* French: {{t+|fr|traite|f}}, {{t+|fr|trafic|m}}
* Hebrew: {{he-translation|סחר|sákhar}} {{m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tratta|f}}
* Japanese: [[取引]] (とりひき, [[torihiki]])
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trata|f}}, {{t+|pt|tráfico|m}}
* Romanian: {{t-|ro|trata|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|торговля|f|tr=torgóvlja|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|trata|f}}
* Swedish: [[illegal handel]] {{c}}, [[trafficking]] {{c}} (about people)
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|exchange or flux of information, messages or data}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verkeer|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tietoliikenne}}
* German: [[Verkehr]] {{m}}, [[Datenverkehr]] {{m}}
* Hebrew: {{he-translation|עומס|ómes}} {{m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|traffico|m}}
* Japanese: [[交信]] (こうしん, [[kōshin]])
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|сообраќај|m|tr=soóbraḱaj|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tráfego|m}}, {{t+|pt|trânsito|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|trafik|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* {{ttbc|Indonesian}}: [[lalu-lintas]]
* {{ttbc|Interlingua}}: [[circulation]]; [[traffico]]
* {{ttbc|Korean}}: [[교통]] (gyotong)
* {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[tráfico]] {{m}}
* {{ttbc|Ukrainian}}: [[рух]] (ruχ) {{m}}
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===Verb===
{{en-verb|[[traffics]]|[[trafficking]]|[[trafficked]]}}

# {{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]].
# {{intransitive}} To trade [[meanly]] or [[mercenarily]]; to [[bargain]].
# {{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|לסחור|liskhór}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|To trade meanly or mercenarily;}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration}}
{{trans-mid}}
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===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}

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