congestion

See also: congestión

English

Etymology

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From Middle French [Term?], from Latin congestĭō (“heap”), from congerō (“to heap”), formed by the root gerō and the prefix con-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, /-ˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/
• IPA^(key): /kʊnˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/

Noun

congestion (countable and uncountable, plural congestions)

1. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
   1. An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.

      network congestion

   2. An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

      traffic congestion

   3. (medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive

      arterial congestion

      venous congestion

      congestion of the lungs

   4. (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.

Derived terms

• congestion charge
• congestion pricing

 

Related terms

• congest

Translations

accumulation, buildup

• Bulgarian: натрупване (bg) n (natrupvane)
• Czech: nahromadění n, zahlcení n
• Danish: tilstopning c
• Dutch: verstopping (nl) f
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• Hebrew: גודש (he) m
• Russian: скопле́ние (ru) m (skoplénije)
• Spanish: congestión (es) f
• Swedish: anhopning (sv) c, sammanhopning c

excess of traffic

• Bulgarian: задръстване (bg) n (zadrǎstvane)
• Czech: zácpa (cs) f
• Danish: trængsel c
• Dutch: opstopping (nl) f
• Finnish: ruuhka (fi), liikenneruuhka (fi)
• French: embouteillage (fr) m, bouchon (fr) m
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• German: stockender Verkehr m, leichter Stau (de) m, leichter Verkehrsstau (de) m
• Hebrew: עומס תנועה m
• Persian: ازدحام (fa) (ezdehâm)
• Russian: затор (ru) m (zator)
• Spanish: congestión (es) f, atasco (es) m
• Swedish: stockning (sv), trängsel (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} congestione (it) f
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Further reading

• congestion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “congestion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• neognostic

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/

Noun

congestion f (plural congestions)

1. congestion

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Interlingua

Noun

congestion (uncountable)

1. congestion