quai

quai [ke]

masculine noun

[de port] quay ; [de gare] platform ; [de rivière] bank ; ( = route) riverside road

• être à quai [bateau] to be alongside the quay ; [train] to be in the station

► le Quai des Orfèvres police headquarters (in Paris)

► le Quai d'Orsay the French Foreign Office

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QUAI

In French towns, the word quai refers to a street running along the river, and appears in the street name itself. In Paris, some of these street names are used by extension to refer to the famous institutions situated there: Quai Conti refers to the Académie française, Quai des Orfèvres to the headquarters of the police force, and Quai d'Orsay to the Foreign Office.

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kɛ

nom masculin

1) Nautisme quay

le navire est à quai — the ship has docked

2) (berge aménagée) bank

3) (de gare, métro) platform

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Phrasal Verbs:

- quai de débarquement

- quai d'embarquement

- Quai des Orfèvres

- Quai d'Orsay

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ke nm

1) [port] quay, [cours d'eau, canal] embankment

être à quai [navire] — to be alongside

2) [gare] platform

Le train partira du quai numéro quatre. — The train will leave from platform 4.

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quai nm

1 Naut quay; le navire est à quai the ship has docked;

2 (berge aménagée) bank; se promener sur les quais de la Seine to walk along the banks of the Seine;

3 (de gare, métro) platform; attends-moi sur le quai wait for me on the platform.

Composés

quai de débarquement Naut unloading dock; quai d'embarquement Naut loading dock; Quai des Orfèvres Paris police HQ; Quai d'Orsay French Foreign Office.

[kɛ] nom masculin

1. [d'une gare] platform

le train est à quai the train is in

arrivée du train quai numéro cinq train arriving on platform five

2. NAUTIQUE quay, wharf

le navire est à quai the ship has berthed

3. [berge] bank, embankment

sur les quais de la Seine on the banks of the Seine

4. [rue bordant un fleuve] street

prendre les quais to drive along the river (in a town)

le Quai

{{ind}}a. [le Quai d'Orsay] the (French) Foreign Ministry

{{ind}}b. [le Quai des Orfèvres] Police Headquarters (in Paris)

5. TECHNOLOGIE platform

QUAI

The names Quai d'Orsay and Quai des Orfèvres are often used to refer to the government departments situated on the streets of the same name (the foreign office and the police department respectively). Le quai de Conti is sometimes used to refer to the Académie française.