Traffic vocabulary in French

A useful French vocabulary list related to driving and traffic

French vocabulary

la circulation the traffic
conduire to drive
un embouteillage a traffic jam
un bouchon a traffic jam
un engorgement a congestion
décaler to postpone
prendre le volant to get behind the wheel
un volant a driving wheel
une autoroute motorway / highway
un raccourci a shortcut
prendre son mal en patience to grin and bear it
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