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French vocabulary B2: Vehicles, roads and getting about
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Cars and driving: the parts of a car, roads and traffic, breakdowns, car hire and car sharing, such as “le frein à main”, “le radar”, “la crevaison”, “le rétroviseur” and “le covoiturage”.
71 French words at level B2, with their translation.
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le voyant (du tableau de bord)also: le voyant lumineux, le témoin lumineux
warning light (in a car)also: warning lamp
le capot
bonnet (of a car)also: hood
le tableau de bord
dashboardalso: dash
la borne (de recharge)
charging point (for a car)also: charge point, charging station, EV charging point
caler
to stall (an engine)
remorquer
to tow (a vehicle)
l'immatriculation
vehicle registrationalso: car registration, registration number
aérienalso: aérienne
aerial (in or from the air)also: air
le 4x4also: le quatre-quatre
four-by-fouralso: SUV, off-roader, four-wheel drive
la limousine
limousinealso: limo
dégonflé (un pneu)also: dégonflée
flat (of a tyre)also: deflated
la grande route
main roadalso: highway, major road
le radar
speed camera
le périphérique
ring road
le ralentisseuralso: le dos-d'âne
speed bumpalso: speed hump, sleeping policeman
le compteur (de taxi)also: le taximètre
taxi meteralso: taximeter, cab meter
le détour
detouralso: roundabout way
la jeep
jeep
le contractuel (du stationnement)also: la contractuelle
traffic wardenalso: parking warden
le covoiturage
carpoolingalso: carpool, car pool, car-pooling, lift-sharing, ride-sharing
l'accélérateur
acceleratoralso: accelerator pedal, gas pedal
le convoi
convoy
le passage à niveau
level crossingalso: railroad crossing, grade crossing
le carambolage
pile-upalso: multiple collision, multi-vehicle collision
le break
estate caralso: station wagon
le deux-roues
two-wheeleralso: two-wheeled vehicle
le pick-up
pick-up truckalso: pickup, pickup truck
le tour en voiturealso: la promenade en voiture, la balade en voiture
spin (short drive)
la vidange
oil changealso: oil-change
le démarreur
starter (of an engine)also: starter motor
la dépanneuse
breakdown truckalso: tow truck, recovery truck, recovery vehicle
la crevaison
puncture
le cul-de-sac
dead endalso: cul-de-sac
le nid-de-poule
pothole
l'excès de vitesse
speedingalso: speeding offence, exceeding the speed limit
la voie d'accès
access roadalso: approach road
la route nationale
A-roadalso: trunk road, national road
la route à quatre voiesalso: la quatre-voies, la voie rapide, la voie express
dual carriagewayalso: divided highway
la vitesse de croisière
cruising speedalso: cruise speed
à pleins gaz
at full throttlealso: full throttle, flat out
le parking à étages
multi-storey car parkalso: multi-storey, multi-story car park, multistorey car park
le clignotant
indicator (on a car)also: turn signal, blinker
mettre son clignotantalso: mettre le clignotant
to indicate (when driving)also: to signal, to use your indicator
les feux de détresse
hazard lightsalso: hazards, hazard warning lights, hazard flashers
le frein à main
handbrakealso: hand brake, parking brake
le levier de vitessealso: le levier de vitesses
gear stickalso: gear lever, gearstick, gear shift, gearshift
le feu stop
brake light
le feu arrière
rear lightalso: tail light, taillight, tail lamp
le monospace
people carrieralso: minivan, MPV
la piste cyclable
cycle lanealso: bike lane, cycle path, bicycle lane, bike path
la trottinette électrique
e-scooteralso: electric scooter
la location de voiture
car hirealso: car rental
la voiture de location
hire caralso: rental car
le rétroviseur
rear-view mirroralso: rearview mirror, rear view mirror, driving mirror
le rétroviseur extérieur
wing mirroralso: side mirror, door mirror
le compteur de vitesse
speedometeralso: speedo
la lunette arrière
rear windowalso: back window, rear windscreen
l'essuie-glace
windscreen wiperalso: wiper, windshield wiper, wiper blade
le kilométrage
mileage
la boîte à gants
glove compartmentalso: glovebox, glove box
le sans-plombalso: l'essence sans plomb
unleaded (petrol)also: unleaded petrol, unleaded fuel
le pneu crevéalso: le pneu à plat
flat tyrealso: flat tire
faire marche arrière
to reverse (a vehicle)also: to back up, to drive backwards
la borne kilométriquealso: la borne routière
milestone (by a road)also: marker post, kilometre marker, kilometre post
la cabine de péagealso: le poste de péage, la gare de péage, la barrière de péage
toll boothalso: toll gate, tollgate
le bord du trottoir
kerbalso: curb
le cône de signalisation
traffic conealso: road cone
la rage au volant
road ragealso: road-rage
l'apprenti conducteuralso: l'apprentie conductrice, l'élève conducteur
learner driveralso: learner, student driver
l'autopartage
car sharingalso: car-sharing, car club
le trafic longue distance
long-distance traffic
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