Cross, traverse - Traverser (The 1040th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Cross, traverse is Traverser. This word often comes up when talking about transport & travel, location & place, society, communication. It is classified as a A2 word, and is the 1040th most commonly used word in French. It can be used as verb. You can listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: cross, traverse

French: traverser

Examples


It is dangerous to cross that old bridge.	Il est dangereux de traverser ce vieux pont.
She saw him crossing the road.	Je le vis traverser la route.
I saw him crossing the street.	Je l'ai vu traverser la rue.
Thank you for helping me cross the road.	Merci de m'aider à traverser la route.
To cross the river, you can use a boat or the bridge.	Pour traverser le fleuve, tu peux utiliser un bateau ou le pont.
My mother taught me to always look both to the left and to the right before crossing the street.	Ma mère m'a appris à toujours regarder à gauche et à droite avant de traverser la rue.
I watched him cross the street.	Je le vis traverser la route.
He knows how to cross a river.	Il sait traverser une rivière.

It is impossible for us to cross that river.	Il nous est impossible de traverser la rivière.
Look both ways before you cross the road.	Regardez des deux côtés avant de traverser la route.
The river is shallow here. We can walk across.	La rivière est peu profonde ici. On peut traverser à pied.
The typhoon may cross the Tohoku district.	Le typhon va peut-être traverser la région du Tohoku.
He was crossing the street.	Il était en train de traverser la rue.
Crossing that desert is dangerous.	Traverser ce désert est dangereux.
Where can we cross the stream	Où pouvons-nous traverser le ruisseau
The flood prevented me from crossing the river.	L'inondation m'empêcha de traverser la rivière.
The crocodile trapped the gnu as it tried to cross the river.	Le crocodile captura le gnou alors qu'il tentait de traverser la rivière.
Seeing a rat run across the floor made me never ever want to eat there again.	En voyant un rat traverser le plancher, je n'ai plus jamais eu envie de manger là-bas.
Pedestrians are not scared to cross the motorway.	Les piétons n'ont pas peur de traverser l'autoroute.
Cross the bridge will make noise.	Traverser le pont fera du bruit.
It was difficult for them because they had to get down a steep ravine, get over a freeway fence, and get across the river.	C'était difficile pour eux parce qu'ils devaient descendre un ravin raide, grimper par-dessus une clôture d'autoroute et traverser la rivière.