travers

across, through

noun trah-VEHR Less Common

Also means

fault, flaw

Usage Note

Travers is almost always found in fixed phrases: à travers means 'through' or 'across' (à travers la forêt — through the forest), and de travers means 'askew' or 'wrong' (tout va de travers — everything is going wrong). As a standalone noun it can mean a fault or quirk in someone's character.

Examples

"Ils ont marché à travers la forêt."

Natural Translation

They walked through the forest.

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