bifurquer

bifurquer [bifyʀke]

➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb

   a. [route, voie ferrée] to fork

   b. [véhicule] to turn off (vers, sur for, towards ) ; (figurative) to branch off (vers into)

• bifurquer sur la droite to turn right

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bifyʀke

verbe intransitif

1) [route, voie ferrée] to fork

2) [automobiliste] to turn off

3) (dans ses études, sa carrière) to change tack

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bifyʀke vi

1) [route] to fork

2) [véhicule] to turn off

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bifurquer verb table: aimer vi

1 [route, voie ferrée] to fork, to branch off; [tige, artère] to branch, to bifurcate;

2 [automobiliste] to turn off; bifurquer sur or vers la gauche to turn off to the left;

3 (dans ses études, sa carrière) to change tack.

[bifyrke] verbe intransitif

1. TRANSPORTS [route] to fork, to branch off, to bifurcate (soutenu)

[conducteur] to turn off

on a alors bifurqué sur Lyon we then turned off towards Lyons

bifurquer à gauche to take the left fork, to fork left, to turn left

2. [changer] to branch off (into), to switch to

il a bifurqué vers la politique he branched out into politics