Kilo Lingo

le

masculine

/tʁɛ̃/

Line drawing of train
Coloured illustration of train
#303 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

train, pace

Word origin

From the verb trainer ('to drag, to pull'), from Vulgar Latin traginare, ultimately from Latin trahere ('to draw, to drag').

Origin
Latin
Root
trahere
English cognates
train, tractor, traction

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Examples

, -.

The train leaves in twenty minutes, hurry up.

.

I take the train every morning to go to work.

l' .

He was in the middle of reading when I called him.

.

The eight o'clock train is arriving ten minutes late.

.

She is in the middle of preparing dinner for her guests.

Where this fits

The 1,000 most common French words

Where this word sits in the core vocabulary, and what to learn around it.

French vocabulary by CEFR level

How many words each level actually needs, with real counts.

French learning guides

Podcasts, pronunciation traps and the things a word list cannot teach.

Used in

Stories

(3)

Grammar articles

(17)

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

French · Free printables

train: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the French word "train" (train, pace): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.

Free for members

The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.

Start your free week

This word is part of lesson 7.