Get over, cross - Franchir (The 1487th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Get over, cross is Franchir. This word often comes up when talking about transport & travel, location & place, society, communication. It can be used as verb. It is classified as a A2 word, and is the 1487th most commonly used word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

English: get over, cross

French: franchir

Examples


The ship will cross the equator today.	Le navire va franchir l'équateur aujourd'hui.
They made their way across the river.	Ils se sont débrouillés pour franchir le fleuve.
He was the first man to cross the Pacific.	Il était le premier homme à franchir le Pacifique.
She was the last to cross the finishing line.	Elle a été la dernière à franchir la ligne d'arrivée.
Locomotive drivers cannot yet cross borders routinely.	Les conducteurs de locomotives ne peuvent normalement pas encore franchir les frontières.
Abacavir can cross the blood-brain barrier.	L'abacavir est capable de franchir la barrière sang-cerveau.
Sometimes you do have to cross the line.	Parfois on doit franchir les lignes.
You'll have to cross the interdimensional barrier.	Tu devras franchir la barrière interdimensionnelle.

The point was that Sinbad has now crossed a threshold.	Sinbad vient de franchir un seuil.
You know, here you're crossing an invisible line.	Tu vas franchir une ligne invisible.
I need to cross a border that's hard to define.	Je dois franchir une frontière difficilement définissable.
The mountain had the reputation of being particularly difficult to cross.	La montagne était réputée particulièrement difficile à franchir.
This is a frontier we must cross together.	Nous devons franchir ce pas ensemble.
To cross it alone and without appropriate equipment seems to me totally irresponsible.	Le franchir seul et sans équipement approprié me paraît totalement irréaliste.
In the 2000s, genomics allowed to cross a supplementary stage.	Dans les années 2000, la génomique a permis de franchir une étape supplémentaire.
The number of individuals killed trying to cross it remains undetermined.	Le nombre de personnes tuées en essayant de le franchir reste indéterminé.
All other blocks are accessible without having to cross the center stronghold.	Tous les autres blocs restent cependant accessibles sans avoir à franchir l'enceinte centrale.
The boat can now cross this second path without interference.	Le bateau peut maintenant franchir cette deuxième voie sans problème.
More than 200 men drowned themselves in trying to cross the tumultuous Rhône.	Plus de 200 hommes se noient en essayant de franchir le Rhône tumultueux.
For that it is necessary for them to cross the line of demarcation.	Pour cela, il leur faut franchir la ligne de démarcation.
Tom crossed the border into France.	Tom a franchi la frontière française.