Road - Route (The 512th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Road is Route. This word often comes up when talking about transport & travel. It can be used as noun. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 512th most common word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. 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: road

French: route

Examples


This road goes to the city.	Cette route mène à la ville.
Life is a long, long road.	La vie est une route très, très longue.
Let's go on a road trip.	Prenons la route
There is frost on the road.	Il y a du givre sur la route.
A day on the road is good for you.	Une journée sur la route vous fait du bien.
The road turns left there.	La route tourne à gauche, là.
A police car has stopped on the side of the road.	Une voiture de police s'est arrêtée sur le bord de la route.
This road should have already been completed according to the original plan.	Cette route aurait déjà dû être achevée selon le plan original.

There are always a lot of vehicles on this road.	Il y a toujours beaucoup de véhicules sur cette route.
She saw him crossing the road.	Je le vis traverser la route.
Thank you for helping me cross the road.	Merci de m'aider à traverser la route.
Look both ways before you cross the road.	Regardez des deux côtés avant de traverser la route.
Pay attention on the road.	Faites attention sur la route
The road is under repair.	La route est en train d'être réparée.
The road is too narrow for cars.	La route est trop étroite pour les voitures.
The road curves gently towards the west.	La route vire légèrement vers l'ouest.
This road connects Tokyo with Osaka.	Cette route relie Tokyo et Osaka.
This road curves gently to the right.	Cette route tourne légèrement vers la droite.
The road ahead is frozen.	La route est gelée devant.
We walked along the road.	Nous avons longé la route.
A snowslide obstructed the road.	Une avalanche de neige obstruait la route.