speed limit

English

Noun

speed limit (plural speed limits)

1. The maximum speed permitted by law for vehicles on the road.
   • 1979, AC/DC, Highway to Hell

     No stop signs, speed limit
     Nobody's gonna slow me down

   John is a careful driver. He never exceeds the speed limit.

   Speed limits in the United States are set by each state or territory.

Related terms

• speed trap

Translations

maximum speed permitted

• Arabic: حَدّ اَلسُّرْعَة اَلْأُقْصَى m (ḥadd as-surʿa l-ʾuqṣā), حَدّ اَلسُّرْعَة m (ḥadd as-surʕa)
• Bulgarian: ограниче́ние на ско́ростта f (ograničénie na skórostta)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 速度限制 (cuk¹ dou⁶ haan⁶ zai³)

  Mandarin: 速度限制 (sùdù xiànzhì)

• Czech: omezení rychlosti n, rychlostní limit
• Danish: hastighedsbegrænsning
• Dutch: snelheidsbeperking (nl) f, snelheidsbegrenzing f
• Estonian: kiirusepiirang
• Finnish: nopeusrajoitus
• French: vitesse maximale autorisée f
• German: Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung (de) f, Tempolimit (de) n, Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkung (de) f
• Greek: : όριο ταχύτητος n (ório tachýtitos)
• Hungarian: sebességhatár (hu), sebességkorlát
• Indonesian: batas kecepatan
• Irish: luasteorainn f, teorainn luais f
• Italian: limite di velocità m
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• Japanese: 制限速度 (せいげんそくど, seigen sokudo)
• Khmer: កំរិតល្បឿន (kɑmrət lbɨǝn)
• Korean: 속도 제한 (sokdo jehan)
• Latvian: ātruma ierobežojums m
• Malay: had laju
• Navajo: oolwoł bee hazʼání
• Norman: lînmite dé vitesse f, lînmite dg'ièrre f
• Polish: ograniczenie prędkości n
• Portuguese: limite de velocidade m
• Romanian: limită de viteză f
• Russian: ограниче́ние ско́рости f (ograničénije skórosti)
• Spanish: límite de velocidad m
• Swedish: hastighetsbegränsning (sv)
• Tagalog: takdang tulin
• Telugu: వేగ పరిమితి (vēga parimiti)
• Vietnamese: tốc độ tối đa (literally “maximum speed”), giới hạn tốc độ