Meanings
nountraffic cone (plural traffic cones)
plural traffic cones
- A cone-shaped marker, generally made out of plastic or rubber, that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic in a safe manner.
Synonyms: road cone, safety cone, construction cone, pylon, witch's hat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cone-shaped marker, generally made out of plastic or rubber, that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic in a safe manner.
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Translations
Catalan con de trànsit
- con de trànsitcone-shaped marker
Chinese Cantonese 雪糕筒
- 雪糕筒cone-shaped marker
Chinese Mandarin 交通錐 /交通锥, 路障
- 交通錐 /交通锥 (jiāotōngzhuī)cone-shaped marker
- 路障 (lùzhàng)cone-shaped marker
- 路錐 /路锥 (lùzhuī)cone-shaped marker
Czech dopravní kužel
- dopravní kuželcone-shaped marker
Dutch verkeerskegel, afzetkegel
- verkeerskegelcone-shaped marker
- afzetkegelcone-shaped marker
- pyloncone-shaped marker
Finnish sulkukartio
- sulkukartiocone-shaped marker
French plot, cône de chantier
- plotcone-shaped marker
- cône de chantiercone-shaped marker
- cône de signalisationcone-shaped marker
German Leitkegel, Lübecker Hütchen
- Leitkegelcone-shaped marker
- Lübecker Hütchencone-shaped marker
- Verkehrsleitkegelcone-shaped marker
- Pyloncone-shaped marker
- Verkehrshütchencone-shaped marker
- Haberkornhütchencone-shaped marker
- Verkehrsstöggelcone-shaped marker
Hungarian terelőkúp
- terelőkúpcone-shaped marker
Icelandic umferðarkeila
- umferðarkeilacone-shaped marker
Irish cón tráchta
- cón tráchtacone-shaped marker
Italian birillo
- birillocone-shaped marker
Japanese カラーコーン, 三角コーン
- カラーコーン (karā kōn)cone-shaped marker
- 三角コーン (sankaku kōn)cone-shaped marker
- パイロン (pairon)cone-shaped marker
- ロードコーン (rōdo kōn)cone-shaped marker
Korean 트래픽콘, 칼라콘
- 트래픽콘 (teuraepik'kon)cone-shaped marker
- 칼라콘 (kallakon)cone-shaped marker
- 라바콘 (rabakon)cone-shaped marker
- 삼각콘 (samgak'kon)cone-shaped marker
Polish pachołek drogowy
- pachołek drogowycone-shaped marker
Portuguese cone de trânsito, cone de tráfego
- cone de trânsitocone-shaped marker
- cone de tráfegocone-shaped marker
Russian доро́жный ко́нус
- доро́жный ко́нус (doróžnyj kónus)cone-shaped marker
Spanish cono de tráfico
- cono de tráficocone-shaped marker
Swedish kon, vägkon
- koncone-shaped marker
- vägkoncone-shaped marker
- trafikkoncone-shaped marker
Turkish trafik konisi
- trafik konisicone-shaped marker
Welsh côn traffig
- côn traffigcone-shaped marker
Cite this entry
APA
traffic cone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traffic%20cone
MLA
“traffic cone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traffic%20cone. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “traffic cone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traffic%20cone.
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