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masculine

/kɔ̃.dyk.tœʁ/

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Translation

driver; conductor (of heat or electricity)

Word origin

From Latin conductor ('one who leads'), from conducere, built from con- ('together') and ducere ('to lead'). English 'conductor' is the same word.

Origin: Latin
Root: conductor
English cognates: conductor, conduct

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralconducteurs

Examples

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The bus driver stopped too late.

Drivers have to keep to the speed limit.

This driver goes too fast.

The driver lost control of the car.

The drivers are waiting outside the station.

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This word is part of lesson 56.