traffic

circulation, trafic

Déplacement de véhicules ou de personnes sur une route ou dans un lieu.

En anglais simple : Vehicles or people moving along a road or through a place.

• There is heavy traffic today.
• We were stuck in traffic for an hour.
• Pedestrian traffic increases near the station at lunchtime.

Synonymes : travel

Expressions courantes : heavy traffic, traffic jam, road traffic

fréquentation, flux de clients

Nombre ou flux de personnes qui viennent dans un magasin ou un restaurant.

En anglais simple : The number or flow of people visiting a shop or restaurant.

• The shop gets little traffic on Mondays.
• Weekend traffic helped the restaurant increase sales.
• A new entrance could bring more foot traffic.

Synonymes : customer flow

Expressions courantes : foot traffic, store traffic, customer traffic

trafic, commerce illicite

Achat et vente de marchandises ou de personnes, généralement contraires à la loi.

En anglais simple : The buying and selling of goods or people, usually against the law.

• They tried to stop the traffic in drugs.
• Illegal traffic in weapons crosses several borders.
• The report exposed traffic in stolen art.

Comment l'utiliser : traffic in something (The police investigated traffic in stolen cars.)

Synonymes : trade, trafficking

Expressions courantes : traffic in drugs, illegal traffic, traffic in weapons

trafiquer, faire du trafic

Acheter, vendre ou transporter des marchandises ou des personnes, généralement de façon illégale.

En anglais simple : To buy, sell, or move goods or people, usually against the law.

• They traffic in illegal weapons.
• He was arrested for trafficking in drugs.
• The group trafficked stolen goods across the border.

Comment l'utiliser : traffic in something (The gang trafficked in stolen phones.)

Synonymes : trade, deal

Expressions courantes : traffic in drugs, traffic in weapons, traffic stolen goods

embouteillé, encombré

Avec tellement de véhicules que la circulation devient difficile ou lente.

En anglais simple : Having so many vehicles that movement is difficult or slow.

• It is very traffic here today.
• The road was super traffic yesterday.
• Is it always this traffic near the market?

Synonymes : congested, jammed

Contraires : clear

Expressions courantes : very traffic, super traffic, traffic here