Transport
bus
AbbreviationStandardA1Meaning
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.
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