What does route in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word route in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use route in French.

The word route in French means road, way, journey, trip, direct, channel, road accident, car accident, by the roadside, have a long journey ahead of you, have a long drive ahead of you, hold the road well, hold the road nicely, not hold the road well, return, return ticket, Safe trip!, Safe journey!, it gets the job done, logbook, road map, change your mind frequently, Highway Code, fellow traveller, fellow traveller, cut up, road race, on the roadside, at the side of the road, at the edge of the road, as you go along, on the way, Let's go!, We're off to !, It's off to !, be on the way to , be on your way to, road test, go the wrong way, go the wrong way, hit the road, be en route for, go down the wrong way, go down the wrong pipe, going down the wrong way, waybill, road map, full beam, high beam, loss in transit, main road, travel sickness, car sickness, start up, set off, set out, start-up, not hold the road, not make sense, by road, take your theory test, take your driving theory test, catch partway through, road-rail, restarting, starting back up, two-lane road, toll road, three-lane road, single-lane road, single-track road, single carriageway, flight route, road closed, byroad, trade route, country road, alternative route, silk road, silk route, clear road, B road, spice route, the route to India, the Route du Rhum sailing race, hairpin bends, local road, maritime route, shipping route, A road, little used road, road that can be used, main road, secondary road, winding road, get going again, come off the road, leave the road, on the road, en route to your holiday destination, in the holiday traffic, on your way, hit the road, get on the road, make sense, roadholding, hit the road, road transport, road haulage, one for the road, one last drink for the road, road user. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word route

road

nom féminin (chaussée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Cette route est pleine de nids-de-poule. Des automobilistes ont signalé avoir vu des débris sur la route.

This road is full of potholes. Some drivers reported having seen debris in the road.

way

nom féminin (itinéraire, voie à suivre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Je connais la route pour aller chez toi.

I know the way to get to your place.

journey, trip

nom féminin (voyage, mouvement)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Il nous reste cinq heures de route.

We have five hours left of our journey.

direct, channel

verbe transitif (diriger)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

À l'accueil, nous routons les visiteurs vers les salles d'exposition.

road accident, car accident

nom masculin (collision de véhicules)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

by the roadside

locution adverbiale (le long du chemin)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

have a long journey ahead of you, have a long drive ahead of you

locution verbale (devoir conduire)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Nous n'allons pas tarder à partir parce que nous avons de la route à faire.

hold the road well, hold the road nicely

locution verbale (adhérer à la route)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Paul est content de sa nouvelle voiture qui a une bonne tenue de route.

Paul is happy with his new car, which holds the road well.

not hold the road well

locution verbale (mal accrocher à la route)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Cette voiture a une mauvaise tenue de route surtout par temps de pluie.

return, return ticket

nom masculin (billet de trajet dans les 2 sens) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Safe trip!, Safe journey!

interjection (Bon voyage)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")

it gets the job done

(c'est possible) (informal)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

logbook

nom masculin (registre de voyage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

road map

nom féminin (itinéraire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

change your mind frequently

locution verbale (changer d'opinion avec le temps)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Highway Code

nom masculin (règles de conduite) (UK: road safety rules)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Chaque usager se doit de respecter le code de la route. Le code de la route varie d'un pays à l'autre.

The rules of the road vary from one country to another.

fellow traveller

nom masculin (ami avec lequel on voyage) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

fellow traveller

nom masculin (ami partageant une partie de sa vie) (UK, figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

cut up

locution verbale (griller une priorité) (on road)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")

road race

nom féminin (course automobile hors circuit dédié)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

on the roadside, at the side of the road, at the edge of the road

locution adverbiale (le long de la route)

as you go along

locution adverbiale (figuré (après le début de [qch])

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

Tu apprendras les rudiments de la navigation en cours de route !

on the way

locution adverbiale (sur le chemin)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

En route, nous avons fait connaissance d'un auto-stoppeur néerlandais.

On the way, we got acquainted with a Dutch hitchhiker.

Let's go!

interjection (Partons !)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")

En route ! Ou nous allons manquer notre train.

Let's go! Otherwise we will miss our train.

We're off to !, It's off to !

interjection (avec [qch] pour destination) (informal)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")

Après des mois de grisaille parisienne, en route pour l'Espagne !

After months of grey weather in Paris we're off to Spain!

be on the way to , be on your way to

locution verbale (être en chemin)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

En ce moment, mes cousins sont déjà en route pour l'Australie.

My cousins are on the way to Australia as we speak.

road test

nom masculin (véhicule : essai en condition réelle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

go the wrong way

locution verbale (s'égarer)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Je crois que nous avons fait fausse route. Revenons sur nos pas et tournons à droite au carrefour.

go the wrong way

locution verbale (figuré (se tromper)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Je crois que nous faisons fausse route, il faut reprendre depuis le début.

hit the road

locution verbale (cheminer)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

be en route for

locution verbale (se diriger vers)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Ce navire fait route vers l'Australie.

go down the wrong way, go down the wrong pipe

locution verbale (avaler [qch] de travers) (food or drink as subject)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

going down the wrong way

nom féminin (fait d'avaler de travers)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

waybill

nom féminin (itinéraire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Le capitaine présenta sa feuille de route avant de quitter le port.

The captain presented his waybill before leaving port.

road map

nom féminin (figuré (étapes à suivre) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Le ministre propose une feuille de route au Parlement.

The minister suggests a road map to Parliament.

full beam, high beam

nom masculin pluriel (voiture : phares) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Il faut couper les feux de route quand on croise quelqu'un.

loss in transit

nom féminin (perte tolérée de marchandise)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

main road

nom féminin (route principale) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Il faut traverser la grand-route pour aller à la boulangerie.

travel sickness, car sickness

nom masculin (nausée due aux déplacements) (nausea)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Comme je ne me sens jamais bien en voiture, je prends toujours des médicaments contre le mal de la route avant de partir. Quand j'étais enfant, j'avais souvent le mal de la route.

start up

locution verbale (allumer)

On met en route cet ordinateur portable en l'ouvrant.

set off, set out

(partir)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")

La compagnie s'est mise en route à six heures du matin. La journée va être longue, mettons-nous en route !

start-up

nom féminin (allumage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Les disques durs SSD accélèrent la mise en route des ordinateurs.

not hold the road

locution verbale (mal adhérer à la route)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

not make sense

locution verbale (figuré, familier (être sans queue ni tête)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

by road

locution adverbiale (en voiture)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

Voyagez-vous en train, avion ou par la route ?

take your theory test, take your driving theory test

locution verbale (passer l'examen théorique de conduite) (Automobile)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

J'ai dû passer le code de la route cinq fois avant de l'avoir !

I had to take my theory test five times before I passed!

catch partway through

verbe transitif (ne pas suivre depuis le début)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Je ne comprends rien à ce film parce que je l'ai pris en cours de route.

ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. I don't understand this film at all, because I caught it partway through.

road-rail

adjectif invariable (acheminement rail plus route) (transport)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

restarting, starting back up

nom féminin (nouvel allumage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

La remise en route des chaudières doit être précédée d'une révision.

two-lane road

nom féminin (route standard)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Le trajet se fit sur une route à 2 voies.

toll road

nom féminin (route payante)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

three-lane road

nom féminin (route large)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Les routes à 3 voies permettent des dépassements alternés.

single-lane road, single-track road, single carriageway

nom féminin (petite route)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Les croisements sont difficiles sur les routes à voie unique.

flight route

nom féminin (liaison aérienne) (aircraft)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

road closed

nom féminin (route fermée à la circulation)

byroad

nom féminin (petite route)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

trade route

nom féminin (itinéraire d'échanges commerciaux)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

country road

nom féminin (voie de circulation extra-muros)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Elle ne prend jamais les routes de campagne la nuit.

alternative route

nom féminin (itinéraire de remplacement)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

silk road, silk route

nom féminin (itinéraire d'importation de la soie) (sometimes capitalized)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

clear road

nom féminin (route à circulation fluide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

B road

nom féminin (route entretenue par le département) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

spice route

nom féminin (route commerciale vers l'Inde)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

the route to India

nom féminin (route maritime de l'Europe aux Indes)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

the Route du Rhum sailing race

nom propre féminin (course maritime de l'Europe aux Antilles)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

hairpin bends

nom féminin (route sinueuse)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

local road

nom féminin (route secondaire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

maritime route, shipping route

nom féminin (itinéraire via la mer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

A road

nom féminin (route entretenue par l'État) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

little used road

nom féminin (route à faible trafic)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

road that can be used

nom féminin (route dans un état correct)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

main road

nom féminin (route d'importance nationale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

secondary road

nom féminin (route d'importance secondaire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

winding road

nom féminin (route tournant beaucoup)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

get going again

(partir à nouveau)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Lors des randonnées, certains ont du mal à se remettre en route après un arrêt prolongé.

come off the road, leave the road

nom féminin (véhicule : fait de quitter la route)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

on the road

locution adverbiale (en train de voyager)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

Nous serons sur la route pendant plusieurs jours lorsque nous ferons le voyage de New York à Los Angeles. Ne nous attendez pas pour manger, nous mangerons un sandwich sur la route.

en route to your holiday destination, in the holiday traffic

locution adverbiale (en trajet vers les vacances) (UK)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

Quand on descend dans le Sud, il y a toujours beaucoup de monde sur la route des vacances.

on your way

locution adverbiale (en cours de route, durant un cheminement)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

Le héros a rencontré beaucoup d'embûches sur sa route.

hit the road, get on the road

locution verbale (familier (voyager) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

make sense

locution verbale (figuré, familier (être logique)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

roadholding

nom féminin (adhérence d'un véhicule)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Grâce à son centre de gravité très bas, la tenue de route de la 2 CV était excellente.

hit the road

locution verbale (suivre son chemin)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

road transport, road haulage

nom masculin (par véhicule) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Le transport par route devrait être réservé au réseau local.

one for the road, one last drink for the road

(familier (encore un verre avant de partir) (informal)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

Attends ! Un dernier pour la route ?

road user

nom masculin (conducteur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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