🇨🇦 French (Canada) from 🇬🇧 English All Words
char
A1 noun Transport
🇬🇧 English: car
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Définition

🇨🇦 French (Canada)
noun

Chariot élevé.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A vehicle with an engine and four wheels, used to carry a small number of passengers on roads.

Grammaire

🇨🇦 French (Canada)

Gender: masculin (le/un). Pluriel: chars.

🇬🇧 Countable noun. Plural: cars. Common collocations: drive a car, car park (parking lot), car boot (boot = trunk in American English), by car, company car, used car, car keys.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

In Britain, people drive on the left side of the road (unlike most of Europe). Cars in the UK have the steering wheel on the right side. 'The car boot sale' is a British event where people sell items from the back of their cars in a car park. Black taxis (hackney carriages) are a symbol of London like the red bus.

Exemples

Il répare le char.

"Il répare le char."

🇬🇧 "He fixes the car."

Il aide le vieil homme à sortir du char.

"Il aide le vieil homme à sortir du char."

🇬🇧 "He helps the old man out of the car."

Texte à trous 🇨🇦 French (Canada)

Il répare le ___.

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