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The French word for to walk is
marcher





to walk

French Definition


walk
     1. n. Promenade.
           There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.
     2. n. (Baseball) But-sur-balles.
     3. v. Marcher.
     4. v. (Transitif) Promener.
           walk the dog - promener le chien



Translations for walk and their definitions

marcherpronunciation
     1. v. to walk
           Il marche au milieu de la rue. - He is walking in the middle of the street
     2. v. to travel; to move; to march
     3. v. (figurative) to work, to function
           Comment ça marche ? - How does it work?
           Cet appareil ne marche plus. - This device isn't working anymore.
     4. v. to step
           Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. - To step on the foot of someone
     5. v. to cooperate
           Je ne marche plus. - I am no longer in.
     6. v. to believe
           Il marche. - He believes my joke.
           Il m'a fait marcher. - He took me for a ride.


promenadepronunciation
     1. n-f. walk; stroll (walk for enjoyment)
Image illustrating the French word promenade


balade
     1. n-f. walk without purpose, stroll
     2. v. first-person singular present of balader
     3. v. third-person singular present of balader
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of balader
Image illustrating the French word balade


se promener



marchepronunciation
     1. n-f. march (formal, rhythmic way of walking)
     2. n-f. march (song in the genre of music written for marching)
     3. n-f. walk (distance walked)
     4. n-f. movement (of a vehicle)
     5. n-f. functioning
     6. n-f. step (step of a stair)
     7. n-f. marches (region near a border)
     8. v. first-person singular present of marcher
     9. v. third-person singular present of marcher
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of marcher


but-sur-balles
     1. n-m. (baseball, Europe) a walk


parcourir
     1. v. to go through, to pass through
     2. v. to read through, to skim


accompagner
     1. v. to accompany, to escort


se barrer
     1. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, informal) to leave, clear off


démarche
     1. n-f. gait, walk
     2. n-f. step, procedure, move, intervention
     3. n-f. reasoning
     4. v. first-person singular present of démarcher
     5. v. third-person singular present of démarcher
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of démarcher


ficher le camp
     1. v. (informal) to get the hell out; to get out of here; to bugger off; to scarper


alléepronunciation
     1. n-f. path, lane, allée
     2. n-f. hallway (leading from the entrance of a house)
     3. n-f. aisle (between rows of seats)
     4. n-f. driveway
     5. n-f. bowling lane
     6. n-f. action of going (used nowadays only in the expression allées et venues: the repeated action of going and returning)
     7. Participle. feminine singular of allé


battre
     1. v. to beat; to defeat
     2. v. to beat up
     3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fight
     4. v. (cooking) to whisk or whip (eggs)
     5. v. (agriculture) to thresh
     6. v. (cards) to shuffle


raccompagner
     1. v. to walk back, to take back, to drive back (to escort someone back to where they came from)
           raccompagner quelqu'un à la sortie - to see someone to the door, to see someone out
           Il la raccompagna jusqu'à sa voiture et l’embrassa tendrement. - He walked her back to her car and kissed her tenderly.
           Il m'a raccompagnée chez moi. - He saw me back home.


se tirer


promener
     1. v. to walk (leisurely), to go for a walk, to stroll
     2. v. to walk out (an animal)
     3. v. to carry around, often with the implication of showing off


se casser
     1. v. (informal, idiomatic) to get lost, go away, leave
           Je me casse. - I'm leaving.
           Casse-toi ! - Get lost!


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