20: cities / la ville Flashcards

(33 cards)

1
Q

le centre ville

A

the city centre (GB) / downtown (US)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

un quartier déshérité du centre ville

A

inner cities (-)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

un citadin

A

a city dweller (GB) / an urbanite (US)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

une métropole

A

a metropolis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

une zone urbaine

A

an urban area

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

s’urbaniser

A

to become urbanised

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

une agglomération (urbaine)

A

a built-up area

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

un lotissement, une cité

A

a housing estate / a housing development

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

un(e) HLM

A

a council house / flat

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

une tour (d’habitation)

A

a tower block, a high rise

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

un grand ensemble

A

a high-rise estate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

un pâté de maisons

A

a block of flats

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

un trottoir

A

a pavement (GB) / a sidewalk (US)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

un gratte-ciel

A

a skyscraper

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

une cité dortoir (-)

A

a dormitory town (GB) / a bedroom community (US)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

l’exode rural

A

rural depopulation

17
Q

une zone industrielle

A

an industrial estate (GB) / an industrial park (US)

18
Q

un quartier d’habitation

A

a residential area

19
Q

un urbaniste

A

a town planner

20
Q

l’urbanisme

A

city /town planning

21
Q

un paysage urbain

22
Q

la conception d’une ville

A

the layout of a town

23
Q

un programme de rénovation urbaine

A

an urban renewal programme

24
Q

rénover, réhabiliter

A

to renovate, to rehabilitate

25
la rénovation, la réhabilitation
the renovation, the rehabilitation
26
démolir un bâtiment
to pull down a building
27
l'expansion urbaine tentaculaire
urban sprawl
28
un quartier chaud
a hot spot
29
une banlieue
a suburb
30
un quartier
a neighbourhood
31
un centre commercial
a shopping center / a mall (us)
32
la grande banlieue
the commuter belt
33
les espaces verts
green spaces