speed bump (plural speed bumps)
- A traffic calming measure, consisting of a transverse ridge in the road, to limit the speed of vehicles.
- (figuratively) An obstacle or difficulty; roadblock; snag.
- (finance, high-frequency trading) Any technical measure taken by an electronic financial exchange to deliberately delay orders by microseconds or milliseconds.
transverse ridge in the road
- Arabic: مَطَبّ السُّرْعَة m (maṭabb as-surʕa)
- Hijazi Arabic: مَطَب m (maṭabb)
- Belarusian: ляжачы паліцэйскі m (ljažačy palicejski)
- Bulgarian: каламбъч m (kalambǎč)
- Catalan: ressalt m, cavalló (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 減速帶/减速带 (jiǎnsùdài)
- Czech: zpomalovací práh m, příčný práh m, retardér (cs) m
- Danish: vejbump n, fartbump n
- Dutch: verkeersdrempel (nl) m
- Esperanto: stratĝibo
- Estonian: lamav politseinik
- Faroese: bunga á vegi f
- Finnish: hidastetöyssy (fi)
- French: ralentisseur (fr) m, casse-vitesse m
- German: Bodenschwelle f (formal), Bremsschwelle (de) f (formal), Fahrbahnschwelle f (formal); Hubbel (de) m, Verkehrshubbel m (colloquial, regional)
- Hebrew: פס האטה
- Hungarian: (informal) fekvőrendőr (hu), (formal) sebességcsökkentő/forgalomcsillapító/forgalomcsökkentő küszöb/elem/sziget/eszköz/műtárgy/akadály/borda/padka
- Icelandic: hraðahindrun f
- Indonesian: polisi tidur (id)
- Irish: uchtóg mhoillithe f
- Italian: dosso stradale m
- Japanese: ハンプ (ja) (hampu), スピードバンプ (supiido bampu), 段差舗装 (だんさほそう, dansa hosō) (includes noise-producing surfaces)
- Korean: 과속 방지턱 (gwasok bangjiteok)
- Latvian: ātruma slāpētājs
- Malay: bonggol (ms)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: хурд сааруулагч (xurd saaruulagč), хэвтээ цагдаа (xevtee cagdaa) (colloquial)
- Norman: policemainne dormant m
- Persian: سرعتگیر (sor'at-gir)
- Polish: próg zwalniający m
- Portuguese: banda sonora f, lombada (pt) f (Brazil)
- Russian: лежа́чий полице́йский (ru) m (ležáčij policéjskij)
- Serbo-Croatian: ležeći policajac m
- Slovak: spomaľovací prah m
- Spanish: reductor de velocidad (es) m (especially formal usage), resalto (es) m (especially formal usage), badén (es) m (Spain), banda sonora (es) f (Spain), chapa acostado m (Ecuador), durmiente (es) m (Nicaragua), giba (es) f (Peru), guardia tumbado m (Spain), lomada (es) f (Argentina, Paraguay), lomo de burro (es) m (Argentina, Uruguay), lomo de toro (es) m (Chile), muerto (es) m (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico), muro (es) m (Venezuela), policía acostado (es) m (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Venezuela), policía dormido m (Costa Rica), policía muerto (es) m (Panama, Puerto Rico), rompemuelles m (Bolivia, Peru), tope (es) m (Mexico), túmulo (es) m (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), vibrador (es) m (Mexico), baden (es) m (Cuba)
- Swedish: fartgupp n, farthinder (sv) n
- Tamil: வேகத் தடுப்பான் (vēkat taṭuppāṉ)
- Turkish: hız kesici, kasis (tr)
- Ukrainian: лежачий поліцейський m (ležačyj policejsʹkyj)
- Vietnamese: gờ giảm tốc
- Welsh: gwrym arafu m, poncyn arafu m
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