Transport
RATP
Letter by letterOfficialA2Meaning
régie autonome des transports parisiens
The company running the Paris metro, buses and trams. Its name is on maps, tickets and strike announcements.
How it is said
èr-a-té-pé
Gender and article
la RATP · feminine
Where you meet it
A metro map, a ticket, an announcement, a newspaper.
Example
En raison d'une grève à la RATP, le trafic est perturbé sur la ligne 4.
Due to a strike at RATP, service is disrupted on line 4.
In the DELF
listening A2 · reading B1
Watch out
Feminine: la RATP. For another city's metro, the acronym changes: TCL in Lyon, RTM in Marseille.
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