travel

travel
travel [ˈtrævl]
1. intransitive verb
   a. ( = journey) voyager
• they have travelled a lot ils ont beaucoup voyagé
• they have travelled a long way (figurative) ils ont fait beaucoup de chemin
• as he was travelling across France pendant qu'il voyageait à travers la France
• to travel through a region ( = visit) visiter une région
• to travel light voyager léger
• he travels to work by car il va au travail en voiture
• he was travelling on a passport which ... il voyageait avec un passeport qui ...
   b. ( = move) aller ; [machine part] se déplacer
• to travel at 80km/h faire du 80 km/h
• you were travelling too fast vous rouliez trop vite
• light travels at a speed of ... la vitesse de la lumière est de ...
• news travels fast les nouvelles vont vite
2. transitive verb
• to travel a country parcourir un pays
• a much-travelled road une route très fréquentée
• they travelled 300km ils ont fait 300 km
3. noun
( = travelling) le(s) voyage(s) m(pl)
• travel was difficult in those days les voyages étaient difficiles à l'époque
• travel broadens the mind les voyages ouvrent l'esprit
4. plural noun
travels voyages mpl
• his travels in Spain ses voyages en Espagne
• he's off on his travels again il repart en voyage
• if you meet him on your travels ( = see him) si vous le rencontrez au cours de vos déplacements
5. compounds
[allowance, expenses] de déplacement
► travel agency noun agence f de voyages
► travel agent noun agent m de voyages
► travel book noun récit m de voyages
► travel insurance noun assurance f voyage
► travel-sick adjective
• to be travel-sick avoir le mal des transports ► travel sickness noun mal m des transports
► travel-sickness pill noun comprimé m contre le mal des transports
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['trævl] 1.
noun voyages mpl

foreign travel — voyages à l'étranger

2.
travels plural noun voyages mpl

he's off on his travels again — il repart en voyage

3.
noun modifier [plans] de voyage; [brochure, company] de voyages; [expenses] de déplacement; [business] de tourisme; [writer] de récits de voyage
4.
transitive verb (p prés etc -ll-, US -l-) parcourir [country, road, distance]
5.
intransitive verb (p prés etc -ll-, US -l-)
1) (journey) [person] voyager

he travels widely — il voyage beaucoup

to travel abroad/to Brazil — aller à l'étranger/au Brésil

2) (move) [person, object, plane, boat] aller; [car, train] aller, rouler; Physics [light, sound] se propager

bad news travels fast — les mauvaises nouvelles vont vite

to travel at 50 km/h — rouler à 50 km/h

the train was travelling through a tunnel — le train traversait un tunnel

to travel faster than the speed of sound — dépasser la vitesse du son

to travel a long way — [person] faire beaucoup de chemin

to travel back in time — remonter le temps

his eye travelled along the line of men — il a promené son regard sur la rangée d'hommes

3) Commerce (as sales rep)

to travel in — être représentant en [product]

4)

to travel well — [cheese, wine] supporter le transport

6.
-travelled GB, -traveled US combining form

much- ou well-travelled — [road, route] fréquenté

widely-travelled — [person] qui a beaucoup voyagé


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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