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French vocabulary A2: Places and positions
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Buildings and places in town, districts and avenues, and the words for saying where things are: “le bâtiment”, “la mairie”, “le coin”, “à côté de” and “autour de”.
92 French words at level A2, with their translation.
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l'allée
path (in a garden or park)also: drive, pathway
la cour
courtyardalso: yard
le fond
bottom (inside a container)
le quartier
neighbourhood (part of a town)also: neighborhood, district, area
la face (d'un objet)
side (one surface of an object)also: face
par ici
this way (direction)also: over here
le côté
side (of a thing or place)
le haut
top (highest part)also: upper part
l'intérieur
the inside (inner part)also: interior
l'espace (endroit libre)
spacealso: room
le milieu
middle (noun)
le coin
corner
la commune (ville ou village)
commune (in France)also: municipality
ailleurs
elsewherealso: somewhere else
la zone
zonealso: area
directement (sans détour)
directly (without a detour)also: straight
perdualso: perdue, égaré, égarée
lost
prochainalso: prochaine
next
traverser
to cross (a street or place)also: to go across
quelque part
somewherealso: someplace
parmi
amongalso: amongst
à travers
through (before a noun)
passantalso: passante
busy (many people passing)
la place (d'une ville)
square (in a town)also: town square, plaza
le centre
centrealso: center
le centre-villealso: du centre-ville
city centrealso: city center, downtown, town centre, town center
loin
far (distance)also: far away, a long way
plus loin
further (along)also: farther, further on
le site (lieu)
site (place)
situéalso: située
locatedalso: situated
la direction (où l'on va)
direction (where you are going)
s'approcher (de qqn/qqch)
to approach (sb/sth)also: to come near, to come closer
supérieur (plus haut)also: supérieure
upper (higher up)also: higher
l'habitant (de l'endroit)also: l'habitante
inhabitant (of a place)also: resident
devant (préposition)
in front ofalso: in front
l'entrée (accès)
entrancealso: way in, entry
la sortie (d'un lieu)
exitalso: way out
l'extérieur
the outside (outer part)also: exterior
autour de
around (on all sides)also: round
au fond (d'un lieu)
at the back (far end of a place)also: in the back
l'église
church
le pont
bridge
le bâtiment
building
le château
castle (or grand house)also: stately home, chateau
le sommetalso: le sommet de la montagne
summitalso: peak, mountaintop, top of the mountain
l'angle
angle (between two lines)
droitealso: de droite
right (not left)also: right-hand
à droite
on the rightalso: to the right
tourner à droite
to turn right
tout droitalso: droit devant
straight onalso: straight ahead
partout
everywhere
partout dans
all overalso: throughout
n'importe où
anywherealso: any place, wherever
de l'autre côté de
across (on the other side)also: on the other side of
par-dessus
over (across the top of)
la foule
crowd
le panneau
sign (a board with information)
animéalso: animée
busy (lively place)also: lively, bustling
bondéalso: bondée
crowdedalso: packed
le long de
along (the length of)
gauchealso: de gauche
leftalso: left-hand
à gauche
on the leftalso: to the left
tourner à gauche
to turn left
au-delà de
beyondalso: past
à l'extérieur de (qqch)also: hors de
outside (sth)also: outside of
à dix minutes
ten minutes away
à côté de
next toalso: beside
les indications
directions
le cimetière
cemeteryalso: graveyard
la banlieuealso: de banlieue
suburbsalso: suburb, outskirts
l'immeuble
block of flatsalso: apartment building, apartment block
la mairiealso: l'hôtel de ville
town hallalso: city hall
la cathédrale
cathedral
la mosquée
mosque
le stade
stadium
la bibliothèque (lieu)
library
le pub
pub
la gendarmerie
gendarmerie (police station)
la grande salle
hall (for events)also: assembly hall
le centre commercial
shopping centrealso: shopping center, shopping mall, mall
le centre sportifalso: le complexe sportif
sports centrealso: sports center
la cour de récréation
playground (at school)
le chantier
building sitealso: construction site
à l'arrière
at the back (rear part)also: in the back, at the rear, in the rear
sous terre
underground (below the surface)also: below ground, under the ground
l'aire de jeux
playground (in a park)also: play area
l'avenue
avenue
l'arrondissement
district (official division of a city)also: arrondissement
l'hôtel de villealso: la mairie
town hallalso: city hall
le château fort
castle (fortified)also: fortified castle, medieval castle
plein à craqueralso: pleine à craquer
packed (full to bursting)also: crammed, jam-packed, bursting
le complexe sportifalso: le centre sportif
sports centrealso: sports center, sports complex
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