"traffico" meaning in Italian

See traffico in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtraf.fi.ko/ Forms: traffici [plural]
Rhymes: -affiko Etymology: Potentially from Vulgar Latin *trānsfrīcō (“to rub across”), from trans- + frico; Klein instead suggests the Italian has ultimate origin in Arabic تَفْرِيق (tafrīq, “distribution, dispersion”), reshaped to match the native prefix tra- (“trans-”). Cognate with Piedmontese tràfich/tràfic and Sicilian tràficu. Etymology templates: {{uder|it|la-vul|*trānsfrīcō|t=to rub across}} Vulgar Latin *trānsfrīcō (“to rub across”), {{uder|it|ar|تَفْرِيق||distribution, dispersion}} Arabic تَفْرِيق (tafrīq, “distribution, dispersion”), {{cog|pms|tràfich}} Piedmontese tràfich, {{cog|scn|tràficu}} Sicilian tràficu Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} traffico m (plural traffici)
  1. traffic Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-traffico-it-noun-B19KuFTi Categories (other): Italian undefined derivations Disambiguation of Italian undefined derivations: 53 24 24
  2. trade Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-traffico-it-noun-J2RGugHj
  3. activity, rush Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-traffico-it-noun-17RpvkXz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: trafficare, trafficante, trafficatorio
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈtraf.fi.ko/
Rhymes: -affiko Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} traffico
  1. first-person singular present indicative of trafficare Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: trafficare
    Sense id: en-traffico-it-verb-iJLw-DAI Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 14 2 2 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 2 2 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 2 2 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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