rail

rail
rail [ʀαj]
masculine noun
( = barre) rail
• rail de sécurité guardrail
• être sur les rails (figurative) to be under way
• remettre sur les rails to put back on the rails
• quitter les rails
• sortir des rails to go off the rails
* * *
ʀɑj
nom masculin
1) (de chemin de fer) rail, track

sortir des rails — lit to leave the track GB, to jump the track US

2) (moyen de transport)

le rail — rail

transport par rail — rail transport

3) (de tringle, porte) rail
•
Phrasal Verbs:
* * *
ʀɒj nm
1) (= barre d'acier) rail

les rails (= la voie ferrée) — the rails, the track sg

2) (= chemins de fer) railways pl Grande-Bretagne railroads pl USA

par rail — by rail

* * *
rail nm
1 Rail (barre) rail, track; sortir des rails lit to leave the track GB, to jump the track US; être sur les rails fig [projet] to be on course; remettre qch sur les rails fig to put sth back on the rails GB ou on (the) track [projet];
2 (moyen de transport) rail; transport par rail rail transport;
3 (de tringle, porte) rail.
Composé
rail de sécurité crash barrier.
[raj] nom masculin
1. [barre d'acier] rail
les rails [la voie] the tracks, the rails
poser des rails to lay track
rail conducteur live rail
rail fixe main rail
rail mobile switch (rail)
sortir des rails to leave the rails, to go ou to come off the rails
remettre quelque chose/quelqu'un sur les rails (figuré) to put something/somebody back on the rails
2. [moyen de transport]
le rail rail
une grève du rail a rail strike
transport par rail rail transport
3. [glissière] track
rail d'éclairage lighting track
rail de travelling dolly (tracks)
4. NAUTIQUE shipping lane

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. 2013.

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