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Translate roundabout from English to French

Summary

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roundabout:
- rond-point
Wiktionary:
- roundabout → rond-point, giratoire, tourniquet, manège, carrefour giratoire
- roundabout → giratoire, carrefour giratoire, carrousel, rond-point, sens giratoire

English

Detailed Translations for roundabout from English to French

roundabout:

roundabout [the ~] nomen

the roundabout
le rond-point
- rond-point [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for roundabout:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
rond-point	roundabout	plaza; rotary intersection
-	carousel; carrousel; circle; merry-go-round; rotary; traffic circle; whirligig
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	circuitous; devious

Related Words for "roundabout":

roundabouts

Synonyms for "roundabout":

circuitous; indirect
devious
traffic circle; circle; rotary; junction
carousel; carrousel; merry-go-round; whirligig; ride

Related Definitions for "roundabout":

deviating from a straight course¹
- a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic¹
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct¹
- a roundabout paragraph¹
- hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend¹
a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement¹
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island¹

Wiktionary Translations for roundabout:

roundabout

noun

road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
- roundabout → rond-point; giratoire
children's play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed
- roundabout → tourniquet
fairground carousel
- roundabout → manège

roundabout

noun

carrefour où la circulation se fait dans un seul sens autour d’un îlot central. En France le sens giratoire est anti-horaire.
- carrefour giratoire → roundabout
Grande place circulaire à laquelle aboutir plusieurs avenues ou allées.
- rond-point → plaza; public square; square; piazza; traffic circle; rotary; roundabout
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- tourniquet → merry-go-round; roundabout

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• roundabout	→ giratoire; carrefour giratoire	↔ rotonde — een rond, pleinvormig kruispunt van wegen
• roundabout	→ carrousel	↔ paardenmolen — een ronddraaiende attractie met paarden om op te zitten
• roundabout	→ rond-point; sens giratoire	↔ Kreisverkehr — kreisförmiger Straßenverlauf mit Einfahrt und Abfahrten

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