Vocab Enrichment 6.2 Flashcards

Common travel-related words make up the majority of this deck. This roughly covers cards 1340-1400 of our 9000+ French vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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a train

e.g. He prefers to travel by train

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un train

ex. Il préfère voyager en train

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the subway / the train / the metro

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le métro / le train

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a helicopter

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un hélicoptère / un hélico

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a truck

e.g. a fruit truck

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un camion

ex. un camion de fruits

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a van

e.g. The van is more comfortable than the giant bus

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une camionnette

ex. La camionnette est plus confortable que le gros bus

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a limousine / a limo

e.g. The rock stars got picked up in a limousine

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une limousine

ex. Les rockstars sont montées dans une limousine

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a motorcycle / a motorbike / a bike

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une moto / une motocyclette

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a boat / a ship

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un bateau / un navire

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a port / a harbor

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un port

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the beach

e.g. Let’s go to the beach and get a tan

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la plage

ex. Allons à la plage nous faire bronzer

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sand

e.g. The sand on this beach is so fine!

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le sable

ex. Le sable sur cette plage est tellement fin !

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a park

e.g. The kids are going to play in the park

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un parc

ex. Les enfants vont jouer au parc

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Have you ever been to ___?

e.g. Have you ever been to México?

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As-tu déjà été à ___ ?

ex. As-tu déjà été àu Mexico ?

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a place / a spot

e.g. We need to find a good place to study

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un endroit / un lieu

ex. On doit trouver un bon endroit pour étudier

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a location

e.g. We have several locations in New York

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un emplacement / un site

ex. Nous avons plusieurs emplacements à New York

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an area / a section / a zone

e.g. The mall is divided into three separate areas

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un secteur / une partie / une zone

ex. Le centre commercial est divisé en trois secteurs distincts

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to fly

e.g. Tomorrow we are flying to Greece

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voler / s’envoler

ex. Demain, nous nous envolons vers la Grèce

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a flight

e.g. What’s your flight number?

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un vol

ex. Quel est ton numéro de vol ?

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arrival

e.g. The arrival has been delayed

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l’arrivée

ex. L’arrivée a été retardée

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departure

e.g. What time is the plane’s departure?

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le départ

ex. A quelle heure est le départ de l’avion ?

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an airline

e.g. Which airline are you flying?

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une compagnie aérienne

ex. Tu voles avec quelle compagnie aérienne ?

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first class

e.g. a seat in first class

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la première classe

ex. un siège en première classe

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a passport

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un passeport

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customs

e.g. They confiscated my basket of foreign fruits at customs

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la douane

ex. Ils m’ont confisqué un panier de fruits étrangers à la douane

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a hostel

e.g. He preferred to sleep in a youth hostel to save money

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une auberge de jeunesse

ex. Il a préféré dormir dans une auberge de jeunesse pour économiser de l’argent

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a motel

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un motel

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a vacation

e.g. I need to take a vacation

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des vacances

ex. J’ai besoin de prendre des vacances

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to travel

e.g. My wife and I love to travel

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voyager

ex. Ma femme et moi, nous adorons voyager

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transportation / transport

e.g. an efficient transportation system

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le transport

ex. un système de transport efficace

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to transport

e.g. They transport goods by boat

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transporter

ex. Ils transportent des produits par bateau

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a traveler

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un voyageur

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a tourist

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un touriste

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tourism

e.g. Tourism is an important part of Bali’s economy

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le tourisme

ex. Le tourisme est une partie importante de l’économie de Bali

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to go sightseeing

e.g. We went sightseeing

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faire du tourisme

ex. Nous avons fait du tourisme

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to take a picture / to take a photo / to photograph

e.g. Can you please take a picture of us?

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prendre une photo / photographier

ex. Peux-tu prendre une photo de nous ?

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baggage / luggage

e.g. The airline lost our luggage!

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les bagages / les valises

ex. La compagnie aérienne a perdu nos valises !

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a suitcase

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une valise

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a backpack / a bookbag / a knapsack

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un sac à dos

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backpacking

e.g. We went backpacking through Europe after college

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partir en voyage avec son sac à dos / voyager avec un sac à dos

ex. On a fait un voyage à travers l’Europe avec notre sac à dos après la fac

40
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a backpacker

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un routard / un randonneur

41
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to ride

e.g. I ride a bicycle to work

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aller en / se déplacer à / monter

ex. Je vais au travail en vélo

42
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Can you give me a ride? / Can you give me a lift?

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Est-ce que tu peux m’amener ? / Est-ce que tu peux m’amener en voiture ?

43
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to get lost

e.g. I got lost in the store

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se perdre / s’égarer

ex. Je me suis perdu dans le magasin

44
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a way / a path / a route

e.g. This is the way to the park

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un chemin / une route / un itinéraire

ex. C’est le chemin pour aller au parc

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a station

e.g. a train station

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une station / une gare

ex. une station de train

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a gas station / a petrol station

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une station service / une station essence

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a bridge

e.g. We have to cross the bridge to get into town

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un pont

ex. Nous devons traverser un pont pour arriver en ville

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a highway / a freeway / an expressway

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une autoroute

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a traffic light / a light / a stoplight

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un feu de circulation / un feu rouge / un feu

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the corner / the intersection / the crossing

e.g. There’s a man standing on the corner, asking for money

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le coin / l’intersection / le croisement

ex. Il y a un homme au coin, qui demande des sous

51
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a driveway

e.g. three cars parked in the driveway

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une allée

ex. trois voitures garées dans l’allée

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to buckle up / to fasten a seatbelt

e.g. Please fasten your seatbelts before takeoff

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attacher sa ceinture / mettre sa ceinture

ex. S’il vous plaît, attachez vos ceintures avant le décollage

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a wheel

e.g. Most cars have four wheels

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une roue

ex. La plupart des voitures ont quatre roues

54
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to park

e.g. My mother sent us ahead while she went to park the car

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se garer

ex. Ma mère nous a déposés avant de se garer

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parking

e.g. It took 10 minutes for me to find parking

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une place de parking / un emplacement / une place

ex. Ça m’a pris 10 minutes pour trouver une place de parking

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a parking lot

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un parking

57
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a parking space / a parking spot / a space

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une place de parking / une place

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foreign

e.g. a foreign country

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étranger

ex. un pays étranger

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a foreigner / an alien

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un étranger

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to immigrate

e.g. The family immigrated to this city. They come from France

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immigrer

ex. La famille a immigré dans cette ville. Ils viennent de France

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to emigrate / to move out of the country

e.g. My family emigrated from Europe during World War II

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émigrer / quitter son pays / partir de son pays

ex. Ma famille a émigré d’Europe pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale

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an immigrant

e.g. Polish immigrants

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un immigrant

ex. des immigrants polonais

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immigration

e.g. The suspicious man got stopped at Immigration

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l’immigration

ex. L’homme suspect a été arrêté à l’immigration

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an expat / an expatriate

e.g. There are many American expats in Shanghai

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un expatrié / un expat’

ex. Il y a beaucoup d’expatriés américains à Shanghai