roads in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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road [Brit rəʊd, Am roʊd] N

1. road (between places):

road
route f (from de, to à)
the road to Leeds, the Leeds road
la route de Leeds
the road north/inland
la route du nord/qui mène à l'intérieur
the road home
la route qui mène à la maison
the road back to sth
la route du retour à qc
are we on the right road for Oxford?
c'est bien la route pour Oxford?
follow the road round to the right
suivez la route qui tourne à droite
follow the road ahead
allez tout droit
a dog in the road
un chien sur la route
after three hours on the road
après trois heures de route
across the road
de l'autre côté de la route, en face
along the road
plus loin
it's just along the road
c'est juste un peu plus loin
down the road
plus bas, plus loin
by road
par la route
transported by road
transporté par or sur route
to hit the road inf, to take (to) the road
prendre la route, se mettre en route
to be on the road car:
être en état de rouler
to be on the road driver, person:
être sur la route
to be on the road band, performers:
être en tournée
a bargain at £5, 000 on the road
une occasion à 5 000 livres sterling clés en main
to be or get back on the road
reprendre la route
I've been on the road all night
j'ai roulé toute la nuit
to go on the road with a show
partir en tournée avec un spectacle
to be off the road vehicle:
être hors d'usage
to be off the road attr bridge, condition, congestion, junction, layout, network, map, safety, surface, traffic
routier/-ière
to be off the road building, construction, maintenance, repair, resurfacing
des routes
to be off the road accident
de la route

2. skid road → skid row

See also skid row

roads in the PONS Dictionary

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by-road [ˈbəɪrəʊd, Am -roʊd] N

roads Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

all roads lead to Rome prov
tous les chemins mènent à Rome
intersecting roads
carrefour
to be on the road to ruin
aller a la ruine
to be on the roads a lot
faire de la route
to salt [or grit Brit] the roads
saler
the roads take a heavy toll
le tribut payé à la route est très lourd
Many French autoroutes are toll roads, with péage booths at regular intervals.
péage
the tanks are ruining the road surface
les chars défoncent la route
the roads are slippery because of [or with] the rain
avec la pluie, les routes sont glissantes
right in the middle of the road
en plein milieu de la rue
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Between the region's rocky trails and roads, which cut up the camels' feet, and the hostility between camels and mules, the experiment was a failure.
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These are motorcycles, horses and carts the most common means of locomotion flowing through the dirt roads.
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It was dredged and widened in 1974, with gravel roads built on each side of the canal.
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Parts of this were built as new roads, but most of it was along existing roads that were improved to handle the traffic.
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The second inquiry, in 1976, was to consider both the stopping up of side roads and the compulsory purchase orders for the land needed to build the motorway.
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With the Nigerien government counting 18949 km of roads in the nation, this comes to one accident for every five kilometers in 2008.
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Plows were needed to remove sand from coastal roads.
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From 1920 to 1930, a network of roads was built, cash crops were promoted and mobile health services were formed to combat sleeping sickness.
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Of the rest of the land, 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 61.3% is unproductive land.
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Big poultry farms are located near the national and feeder roads.
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