speed bump

English

A speed bump

Noun

speed bump (plural speed bumps)

1. A traffic calming measure, consisting of a transverse ridge in the road, to limit the speed of vehicles.

Derived terms

• Newfoundland speed bump

Synonyms

• judder bar (New Zealand), road hump, sleeping policeman, speed hump

Translations

transverse ridge in the road

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減速路脊 (cmn), 减速路脊 (cmn) (jiǎnsù lù jǐ), 減速帶 (cmn), 减速带 (cmn) (jiǎnsù dài)

• Dutch: verkeersdrempel (nl)
• Finnish: hidastustöyssy (fi)
• French: ralentisseur (fr) m
• German: Bodenschwelle f, Bremsschwelle f, Fahrbahnschwelle f
• Hungarian: fekvőrendőr (hu)
• Icelandic: hraðahindrun (is) f
• Italian: dosso stradale (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

• Jèrriais: policemainne dormant m
• Portuguese: lombada (pt) f
• Russian: лежачий полицейский (ru) (ležáčij policéjskij) m
• Spanish: reductor de velocidad m (especially formal usage), resalto m (especially formal usage), badén m (Spain), banda sonora f (Spain), chapa acostado m (Ecuador), durmiente (Nicaragua), giba f (Peru), guardia tumbado m (Spain), lomada f (Argentina, Paraguay), lomo de burro m (Argentina, Uruguay), lomo de toro m (Chile), muerto m (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico), muro m (Venezuela), policía acostado m (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Venezuela), policía dormido m (Costa Rica), policía muerto m (Panama, Puerto Rico), rompemuelles m (Bolivia, Peru), tope m (Mexico), túmulo m (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), vibrador m (Mexico)
• Swedish: fartgupp (sv) n, farthinder (sv) n
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Speed bump on Wikipedia.Wikipedia