Formes composées
bus | |
| Anglais | Français |
| bus conductor n | (fare collector on a bus) | contrôleur de bus, contrôleuse de bus nm, nf |
| bus driver n | ([sb] employed to drive a bus) | chauffeur de bus nm |
| conducteur de bus, conductrice de bus nm, nf |
| The bus driver stopped to pick up a passenger. |
| Le chauffeur de bus s'est arrêté pour prendre un passager. |
| bus fare n | (amount charged for a bus journey) | tarif du (transport en) bus nm |
| prix du trajet en bus nm |
| prix du ticket (de bus) nm |
| The bus fare increased from 90p to £1.30 on January 1st. |
| bus lane n | (road: lane for buses) | voie de bus nf |
| couloir de bus nm |
| bus line n | (company that runs buses) | société de bus, société d'autobus nf |
| compagnie de bus, compagnie, d'autobus nf |
| The bus line operates 15 buses and employs 18 drivers. |
| La société de bus a 15 bus et emploie 18 conducteurs. |
bus line (US),
bus route (UK) n | (itinerary of a city bus) | ligne de bus nf |
| This bus line goes past the hospital and the railway station. The bus route was changed due to road construction. |
| Cette ligne de bus passe devant l'hôpital et la gare. La ligne de bus a été changée du fait de la construction d'une route. |
| bus shelter n | (covered bus stop) | abribus nm |
| Even though there was a bus shelter I still got soaked to the skin. |
bus station (US),
coach station (UK) n | (coach terminal) | gare routière nf |
| I arrrived at the bus station at 6 o'clock. |
| Je suis arrivé à la gare routière à 6 h. |
| bus stop n | (where bus takes on passengers) | arrêt de bus nm |
| Three passengers were waiting at the bus stop. |
| bus ticket n | (ticket: bus ride) | ticket de bus, billet de bus nm |
| He lost his bus ticket and ran out of money, so he had to walk home. |
| Il avait perdu son ticket de bus et n'avait plus d'argent alors il a dû rentrer à pied. |
| bus timetable n | (schedule: bus times) | horaires de bus nmpl |
| According to the bus timetable, her bus should have arrived at 3:00. |
| D'après les horaires de bus, son bus aurait dû arriver à 3 h. |
| bus topology n | (computing) (Informatique) | topologie en bus nf |
| réseau en bus nm |
busbar,
bus-bar,
bus bar n | (electrical conductor) (conducteur électrique) | jeu de barres nm |
busboy,
bus boy n | US (restaurant employee who clears tables) (Can surtout) | aide-serveur nm |
| Note: Employé chargé de nettoyer les tables au restaurant. |
| A busboy is employed to do menial tasks in a restaurant. I mistakenly gave the tip to the bus boy instead of the waitress. |
| Un aide-serveur est employé pour exécuter les tâches ingrates dans un restaurant. // J'ai donné par erreur un pourboire à l'aide-serveur au lieu de la serveuse. |
busgirl,
bus girl n | US (assistant waitress) | aide-serveuse nf |
| by bus adv | (travel or transport: on a bus) | en bus loc adv |
| Amy usually travels to work by bus. |
| Amy va généralement au travail en bus. |
| chartered bus n | (bus hired for private use) | autocar affrété nm |
| We are going on our company picnic on a chartered bus. |
| bus privé nm |
| double-decker n | colloquial (double-decker bus) | bus à impériale, autobus à impériale nm |
| bus à étage, autobus à étage nm |
| Bright red double-decker buses are a familiar sight in London. |
| double-decker bus n | (bus with two levels) | bus à impériale, autobus à impériale nm |
| bus à étage, autobus à étage nm |
| miss the bus v expr | informal, figurative (lose opportunity) (familier) | rater le coche loc v |
| You seriously missed the bus when you didn't ask Jane to the dance. |
| Tu as vraiment raté le coche en n'invitant pas Jane à danser. |
| miss the bus v expr | (fail to catch bus) | rater le bus loc v |
| I was late to work because I missed the bus. |
| Je suis arrivé en retard au travail parce que j'ai raté le bus. |
| motor bus n | (road transport: bus, coach) (urbain) | bus nm |
| (un peu vieilli) | autobus nm |
| (interurbain) | car nm |
| school bus n | (vehicle transporting schoolchildren) | car de ramassage scolaire nm |
| bus scolaire nm |
| School buses are usually painted yellow in the U.S. |
| Normalement, les cars de ramassage scolaire sont peints en jaune aux États-Unis. |
| tour bus n | (vehicle used for guided tourist visits) | bus touristique nm |
| tour bus n | (coach used by a touring group) | autocar touristique nm |
trolley bus,
trackless trolley,
trolley coach n | (vehicle) | trolleybus nm |
| trolley nm |
trolleybus,
trolley-bus,
trolley bus,
trolley n | (bus powered by overhead cable) | trolleybus nm |
| trolley nm |
| Bill took the trolleybus into town. |
| Universal Serial Bus n | (USB: standard computer port) (technique) | port série universel nm |
| (courant) | USB nm inv |
| The Universal Serial Bus is technology that makes it possible to connect an electronic device to a computer. |
| USB n | initialism (Universal Serial Bus) | USB abr, nm inv |
| Does this device support USB? |
water-bus,
also UK: waterbus,
water bus n | (small passenger boat on canal or river) | navette fluviale nf |
| (Paris, ®) | Batobus nm |
