conducteur
driver
The French word 'conducteur' translates to 'driver' in English. This term can refer to someone who drives a vehicle, such as a car, bus, or truck. In French, 'conducteur' is a masculine noun and its use is identical to how it would be used in English. For instance, 'Il est un conducteur' means 'He is a driver'.
Example sentences using: conducteur
Le conducteur conduisait prudemment pour éviter les accidents.
The driver was driving carefully to avoid accidents.
In this sentence, 'conducteur' is used to refer to someone who drives, which is directly translated to 'driver' in English. The verb 'conduisait' means 'was driving', and 'prudemment' means 'carefully'. The rest of the sentence 'pour éviter les accidents' means 'to avoid accidents'.
Je ne suis pas le conducteur, je suis le passager.
I am not the driver, I am the passenger.
This sentence uses 'conducteur' to indicate the person in control of a vehicle, or the driver. 'Je ne suis pas' is a negation meaning I am not. 'Je suis le passager' means 'I am the passenger'.
Le billet a été donné au conducteur du train.
The ticket was given to the train driver.
In this context, 'conducteur' refers to the individual who operates the train. 'Le billet a été donné' translates to 'the ticket was given', and 'au' is a contraction of 'à' (to) and 'le' (the). 'Du train' is translated as 'of the train' or 'train's'.