rail

rail
rail [{{t}}reɪl]
1 noun
(a) (bar → gen) barre f; (→ in window, on bridge) garde-fou m; (→ on ship) bastingage m; (→ on balcony) balustrade f; (→ on stairway) rampe f; (→ for carpet) tringle f;
∎ towel rail porte-serviettes m inv
(b) (for train, tram) rail m;
∎ the live rail le rail sous tension;
∎ to travel by rail voyager en train;
∎ to send goods by rail envoyer des marchandises par chemin de fer;
∎ it's quicker by rail! c'est plus rapide en train!;
∎ to go off the rails (train) dérailler; {{}}British{{}} {{}}figurative{{}} (person) perdre la tête ou le nord;
∎ to get the economy back on the rails remettre l'économie sur les rails;
∎ I did my best to get him back on the rails after his breakdown j'ai fait de mon mieux pour le remettre sur pieds après sa dépression nerveuse
(c) {{}}Ornithology{{}} râle m
2 compound-forming noun
(traffic, link, tunnel) ferroviaire; (ticket, fare) de train; (journey, travel) en train; (employee, union) des chemins de fer
3 transitive verb
(enclose) clôturer
4 intransitive verb
∎ (complain bitterly) to rail against or at pester contre;
∎ she railed against her fate elle fulminait contre son sort
5 rails plural noun
(fencing) grille f; (in horseracing) corde f;
∎ he was pushed to the rails by the other jockeys il a été forcé de tenir la corde par les autres jockeys;
∎ {{}}figurative{{}} to be on the rails (in difficult situation) être sur la corde raide
►► rail network réseau m ferroviaire ou de chemin de fer;
rail strike grève f des chemins de fer;
∎ the rail strike has affected the whole of France la grève SNCF a touché la France entière;
rail transport transport m par chemin de fer ou par train;
rail worker (gen) employé(e) m,f des chemins de fer; (for track, rolling stock) cheminot m
➲ rail in separable transitive verb
clôturer
➲ rail off separable transitive verb
fermer (au moyen d'une barrière);
∎ the end of the hall was railed off une barrière interdisait l'accès au fond de la salle

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