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l'

feminine

/o.tɔ.ʁut/

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Translation

motorway, dual carriageway

Word origin

A twentieth-century compound of auto ('car', short for automobile) and route ('road'), modelled on the Italian autostrada.

Origin
French
Root
auto route

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralautoroutes

Examples

L' .

The motorway has been blocked since this morning.

l' ' .

We took the motorway all the way to the sea.

week-end.

The motorways are packed at the weekend.

l'.

He drives fast on the motorway.

l' .

An accident closed the southern motorway.

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This word is part of lesson 57.