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 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