Transport

bus

AbbreviationStandardA1

Meaning

autobus

The autobus, clipped. « Autobus » survives on official signs; in everyone's mouth it is le bus, and le car for long journeys.

How it is said

bus

Gender and article

le bus · masculine

Where you meet it

A bus stop, a map, an announcement, a timetable.

Example

Bus 38, arrêt Gare du Nord, toutes les 8 minutes.

Bus 38, Gare du Nord stop, every 8 minutes.

In the DELF

listening A1 · reading A1

Watch out

The final s is pronounced: « buss ». Le bus runs in town, le car goes from one town to another: mixing them up raises a smile.

Elsewhere on the site

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