Meanings
phrase
- Used on various signs to indicate that an area should not be entered, e.g. a military installation, or a hotel room.
- Used on a road sign to indicate a one-way street that cannot be entered from the direction one is facing when seeing the sign.
Translations
Bengali প্রবেশ করবেন না
- প্রবেশ করবেন না (probeś korben na)building sign
Catalan no entreu
- no entreubuilding sign
Chinese Mandarin 不許進入 /不许进入, 單行道 /单行道
- 不許進入 /不许进入 (bùxǔ jìnrù)building sign
- 單行道 /单行道 (dānxíngdào)road sign
Dutch niet betreden
- niet betredenbuilding sign
Finnish pääsy kielletty, kielletty ajosuunta
- pääsy kiellettybuilding sign
- kielletty ajosuuntaroad sign
French défense d'entrer, entrée interdite
- défense d'entrerbuilding sign
- entrée interditebuilding sign
German nicht eintreten, Eintritt verboten
- nicht eintretenbuilding sign
- Eintritt verbotenbuilding sign
- keine Einfahrtroad sign
Greek μην εισέρχεστε
- μην εισέρχεστε (min eisércheste)building sign
Hindi प्रवेश वर्जित, प्रवेश निषेध
- प्रवेश वर्जित (praveś varjit)building sign
- प्रवेश निषेध (praveś niṣedh)building sign
- प्रवेश निषेध (praveś niṣedh)road sign
Hungarian belépni tilos, egyirányú utca
- belépni tilosbuilding sign
- egyirányú utcaroad sign
Indonesian dilarang masuk
- dilarang masukbuilding sign
Italian non entrare, vietato entrare
- non entrarebuilding sign
- vietato entrarebuilding sign
Malay dilarang masuk, dilarang masuk
- dilarang masukbuilding sign
- dilarang masukroad sign
Persian وارد نشوید
- وارد نشوید (vâred našavid)building sign
Polish zakaz wjazdu
- zakaz wjazduroad sign
Portuguese não entre
- não entrebuilding sign
Romanian nu intrați
- nu intrațibuilding sign
Russian не входи́ть, въезд запрещён
- не входи́ть (ne vxodítʹ)building sign
- въезд запрещён (vʺjezd zapreščón)road sign
Spanish no entre
- no entrebuilding sign
Tagalog bawal pumasok, huwag pumasok
- bawal pumasokbuilding sign
- huwag pumasokbuilding sign
Cite this entry
APA
do not enter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20not%20enter
MLA
“do not enter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20not%20enter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do not enter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20not%20enter.
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