Learning French Transport Vocab

If you’re visiting France (or a French-speaking country) for a holiday, you are probably going to want to travel around at some point.

But how can you travel when you don’t know the words for all the different methods of transport you’ll need to use?

Well fear no longer… we have the answer right here.

So let’s get started on learning the different French words for transport options.

Firstly, if you have just arrived in France it’s likely you got there by plane. In French, we call this “en avion”… (by plane). It’s pronounced like this “ah – ve – on).

Now you’re in France, you may like to drive a car. To travel “by car” is to travel “en voiture” in French. It’s pronounced “vwah-tur”.

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Or maybe you arrived by boat? If so, you arrived “en bateau”. It’s pronounced “bah-toh”.

If you travelled “by train”, you travelled “en train” in France. It’s spelt the same, but “train” is pronounced “trahn”.

Now that you’ve arrived in France, you have even more transport options. Maybe you’ll travel on foot, which is “à pied” (pronounced pee-ay). Another option is to travel by bike, which is “en vélo”… pronounced “vay-low”.

Or maybe you prefer to travel by bus… which is “en bus” in French. But pronounced “boos”.

While you’re there, you’ll often see people travelling by moped… which is “en mobylette”… pronounced moh-bee-let”. You may even want to hire a motorcycle. To travel “by motorcycle” is “en moto” in French.

That just about wraps up most kinds of travel you’ll find while you’re staying in France.