traffic warden

English

Noun

traffic warden (plural traffic wardens)

1. (British, Hong Kong) A civilian employed by the police to regulate traffic and issue parking tickets.

Synonyms

• parking attendant
• meter attendant
• meter maid
• parking enforcement officer
• parking inspector

Translations

person who monitors parking

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黃腳鱲／黄脚𫚭 (wong⁴ goek³ laap⁶) (slang)

• Danish: parkeringsvakt c
• Finnish: parkkipirkko (fi), lappuliisa (fi) (informal); pysäköinnintarkastaja (standard)
• French: aubergine (fr) f (informal), contractuelle (fr) f (informal), pervenche (fr) f (informal)
• German: Politesse (de) f, Hilfspolizist m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: parkeringsvakt m or f

  Nynorsk: parkeringsvakt f

• Swedish: parkeringsvakt (sv)
• Welsh: warden traffig m