Directions vocabulary in French

A useful everyday French vocabulary list about asking for directions

French vocabulary

Pour aller à ... s'il-vous-plaît? How do you get to ... please?
tourner to turn
à droite (on the) right
à gauche (on the) left
continuer to continue
tout droit straight on
le carrefour intersection
le croisement intersection
les feux / les feux de signalisation the traffic lights
le rond-point the roundabout
traverser to cross
la route the road
prendre to take
la rue the street
le trottoir the pavement / sidewalk
le passage clouté the pedestrian crossing
le passage piéton the pedestrian crossing

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Azariya L.A0Kwiziq community member

The duplicates

Isn't there a commonly used or a popular option from the 2 duplicates? Maybe a little asterisk could go a long way for newbies like me :)

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Do you mean for les feux (de signalisation) ? In most cases, in French as in English, the shorter version will be used in everyday speech if the meaning is clear from the context, but as “les feux” has multiple possible meanings, if specificity is required, the full name will be used.  https://www.wordreference.com/fren/feux%20de%20détresse

 

 

 

 

 

Azariya L. asked:

The duplicates

Isn't there a commonly used or a popular option from the 2 duplicates? Maybe a little asterisk could go a long way for newbies like me :)

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