Transport
métro
AbbreviationStandardA1Meaning
chemin de fer métropolitain
The underground train of a large city. The full word, métropolitain, survives only on old Paris entrances: everyone says métro.
How it is said
métro
Gender and article
le métro · masculine
Where you meet it
A map, a sign, an address (« métro Bastille »).
Example
Le restaurant est à deux minutes du métro Bastille, sortie 3.
The restaurant is two minutes from Bastille metro, exit 3.
In the DELF
listening A1 · reading A1
Watch out
Masculine: le métro. In an address, the station name follows without an article: « métro Bastille ».
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