traffic circle

English

Columbus Circle in New York City.

Noun

traffic circle (plural traffic circles)

1. (US, Canada) an intersection with a circular shape and, usually, a central island

Synonyms

• rotary (New England)
• roundabout (British, Australian)

Coordinate terms

• pork chop island (triangular traffic island)

Translations

an intersection with a circular shape and, usually, a central island

• Arabic: دَوَّار‎‎ m (dawwār)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: kruhový objezd (cs) m
• Esperanto: trafikcirklo
• Finnish: liikenneympyrä (fi)
• French: rond-point (fr) m, giratoire (fr) m (Switzerland)
• German: Kreisverkehr (de) m
• Irish: compal m, timpeallán m

• Italian: rotatoria (it) f
• Khmer: ផ្លូវវង់មូល (phlovvôngmul)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rundkjøring (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: rundkøyring f

• Romanian: sens giratoriu (ro) n
• Russian: кольцевая транспортная развя́зка (kolʹcevaja transportnaja razvjázka), уча́сток дороги с круговым движением (učástok dorogi s krugovym dviženijem)
• Spanish: glorieta (es) f, redondel m, rotonda (es) f
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can