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Les autos et la conduite
Driving comes with a whole mess of rules (that I can’t help you with) as well as some specialized French vocabulary (which I can). Learn how to drive in French with this vocab list.
| car | une voiture, une auto | ||
| accelerator | un accélérateur un champignon |
(inf) |
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| battery | un accumulateur | ||
| brake lights | les feux de stop | (m) | |
| brakes | les freins | (m) | |
| clutch | l’embrayage | (m) | |
| headlights | les phares | (m) | |
| high beams | les feux de route | ||
| license plate | la plaque d’immatriculation | ||
| steering wheel | le volant | ||
| stick shift | la boîte manuelle | ||
| tire flat tire |
un pneu un pneu crevé |
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| turn signal | le clignotant | ||
| windshield | un pare-brise | ||
| windshield wipers | les essuie-glaces | ||
| fuel | le carburant | ||
| diesel | le gasoil le gazole |
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| gas, petrol regular premium |
de l’essence de l’essence ordinaire du super |
(f) |
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| gas station | une station-service | ||
| Notes | |||
| broken-down | en panne | ||
| driver | un conducteur | faux ami of "conductor" | |
| driver’s license | un permis de conduire | A on a car stands for apprenti conducteur – "newly qualified driver." | |
| highway | une autoroute | ||
| hitchhiking | l’auto-stop (m) | (masculine) | |
| mechanic | un garagiste | ||
| motorbike | une moto | apocope of motocyclette | |
| on the way | en route | ||
| one-way street | une rue à sens unique | ||
| right of way | la priorité | ||
| rolling blockade | une opération escargot | ||
| roundabout | un rond-point | ||
| stop lights red light yellow/amber light green light |
les feux le feu rouge le feu orange le feu vert |
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| stop sign | le panneau stop | ||
| street | la rue | ||
| traffic jam | un embouteillage | ||
| trip | une excursion | ||
| toll | un péage | une autoroute à péage – toll road | |
| transportation | le transport | ||
| U-turn | un demi-tour | lesson: faire (un) demi-tour | |
| Verbs | Verbes | (click for conjugations) | |
| to brake | freiner | ||
| to break down | être / tomber en panne | ||
| to cross | traverser | ||
| to drive | conduire rouler |
transitive intransitive |
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| to engage the clutch to disengage the clutch |
embrayer débrayer |
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| to fill it up | faire le plein | lesson: faire le plein | |
| to go, move | circuler | in regard to cars and traffic | |
| to go on trips | excursionner | ||
| to hitchhike | faire de l’auto-stop | ||
| to park | stationner se garer |
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| to pass | doubler | ||
| to put in reverse | enclencher la marche arrière | ||
| to shift gears | changer de vitesse | ||
| to turn | tourner | ||
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