noun

traffic

Translation

traffic, trade

The traffic is heavy this morning.

There is a lot of foot traffic in the city centre.

There is a lot of foot traffic in the city center.

The website gets a lot of traffic.

He was arrested for drug traffic.

heavy/light traffic describing the volume of traffic The traffic was very heavy today.

traffic in ((sth.)) illegal trade in something The police are cracking down on the traffic in illegal goods.

Synonyms: congestion, transport, trade, commerce

From Old Italian 'traffico', from 'trafficare' (to carry on trade). The origin is uncertain.

Picture cars stuck in a 'traffic' jam. Also, think of the flow of data on the internet as 'web traffic'.