Les routes

Roads

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Les types de routes

Types of road


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a minor road une route secondaire ‘Our sat nav took us on a number of minor roads to get here, so it took us longer than expected.’

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a main road une route principale ‘Our offices are located close to the main road between Brighton and Gatwick.’

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a dual carriageway une voie rapide ‘It’s quicker to take the dual carriageway to the port.’

American English = ‘a divided highway’

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a motorway une autoroute ‘There are long delays on the motorway, so I suggest you take an alternative route.’

American English = ‘a freeway’
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a minor road
une route secondaire
‘Our sat nav took us on a number of minor roads to get here, so it took us longer than expected.’

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a main road
une route principale
‘Our offices are located close to the main road between Brighton and Gatwick.’

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a dual carriageway
une voie rapide
‘It’s quicker to take the dual carriageway to the port.’

American English = ‘a divided highway’

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a motorway
une autoroute
‘There are long delays on the motorway, so I suggest you take an alternative route.’

American English = ‘a freeway’

Sur l'autoroute

On the motorway


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a central reservation un terre-plein central ‘There’s a lot of litter in the central reservation.’

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a hard shoulder une bande d'arrêt d'urgence ‘I think the car has a flat tyre. I’ll pull onto the hard shoulder.’

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a lane une voie ‘Stay in the left lane at the junction to turn left onto Station Road.’

This is in the sense of a lane on a motorway or dual carriageway. ‘A lane’ is also used for a small road typically in the countryside.

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a motorway service station une station service d'autoroute ‘This is the last motorway service station for thirty miles.’

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a central reservation
un terre-plein central
‘There’s a lot of litter in the central reservation.’

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a hard shoulder
une bande d'arrêt d'urgence
‘I think the car has a flat tyre. I’ll pull onto the hard shoulder.’

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a lane
une voie
‘Stay in the left lane at the junction to turn left onto Station Road.’

This is in the sense of a lane on a motorway or dual carriageway. ‘A lane’ is also used for a small road typically in the countryside.

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a motorway service station
une station service d'autoroute
‘This is the last motorway service station for thirty miles.’

Les routes

Roads


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a cat's eye un catadioptre ‘The fog was pretty bad, but the cat's eyes made it easier to see where the road was.’

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a junction une jonction ‘Go straight over the junction then turn right at the petrol station.’

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a one-way street une rue à sens unique ‘You can’t turn left here - it’s a one-way street.’

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a pedestrian crossing un passage piétons ‘It’s safer to use the pedestrian crossing further down the road.’

This is also known as a ‘pelican crossing’.

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a petrol station une station d'essence ‘Are there any petrol stations near here? I’m running low on petrol.’

American English = ‘a gas station’

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a pothole un nid-de-poule ‘We hit a pothole on the way here. I think the wheel is damaged.’

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a road sign un panneau de signalisation ‘There are a lot of road signs at the junction, it’s quite confusing.’

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a roundabout un rond-point ‘Our head office is located just off the roundabout at the end of the dual carriageway.’

American English = ‘a traffic circle’

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a slip road une bretelle ‘Take the slip road onto the motorway.’

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a speed camera un radar ‘There are a number of speed cameras on the dual carriageway.’

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a street light un lampadaire ‘There are no street lights along this stretch of road.’

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traffic lights des feux de signalisation ‘The traffic lights have stopped working so there are long delays.’

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a zebra crossing un passage clouté ‘The new zebra crossing has made it safer to cross the road.’

American English = ‘a cross walk’
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a cat's eye
un catadioptre
‘The fog was pretty bad, but the cat's eyes made it easier to see where the road was.’

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a junction
une jonction
‘Go straight over the junction then turn right at the petrol station.’

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a one-way street
une rue à sens unique
‘You can’t turn left here - it’s a one-way street.’

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a pedestrian crossing
un passage piétons
‘It’s safer to use the pedestrian crossing further down the road.’

This is also known as a ‘pelican crossing’.

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a petrol station
une station d'essence
‘Are there any petrol stations near here? I’m running low on petrol.’

American English = ‘a gas station’

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a pothole
un nid-de-poule
‘We hit a pothole on the way here. I think the wheel is damaged.’

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a road sign
un panneau de signalisation
‘There are a lot of road signs at the junction, it’s quite confusing.’

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a roundabout
un rond-point
‘Our head office is located just off the roundabout at the end of the dual carriageway.’

American English = ‘a traffic circle’

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a slip road
une bretelle
‘Take the slip road onto the motorway.’

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a speed camera
un radar
‘There are a number of speed cameras on the dual carriageway.’

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a street light
un lampadaire
‘There are no street lights along this stretch of road.’

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traffic lights
des feux de signalisation
‘The traffic lights have stopped working so there are long delays.’

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a zebra crossing
un passage clouté
‘The new zebra crossing has made it safer to cross the road.’

American English = ‘a cross walk’



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