Coureur ou coureur cycliste?

Tracy S.A1Kwiziq community member

Coureur ou coureur cycliste?

Should we use Coureur ou coureur cycliste?

Merci

Tracy

This question relates to:French interactive reading exercise "Les maillots du Tour de France"

Reading B1, Celebrations & Important Dates, Sports & Leisure, Listening or Seeing B1

Asked 3 years ago

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

In the context of an article on Tour de France, “ les coureurs “, with ‘cyclistes’ understood, is fine; could equally have been “ les cyclistes “ (with coureurs understood), or “ les coureurs cyclistes “ for full specificity.

The translation of “ les coureurs” is to “the cyclists”, which is a judgement call by the translator - not literal, but conveys the meaning in the context.

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Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Tracy,

I just copied the following from the lesson page:-

Un coureur cycliste ---> A racing cyclist

Hope it answers your query.

Jim

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