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French airport security vocabulary: explore the screening lane
Learn ten French words for airport security objects, from trays to the conveyor belt, then follow short instructions about your bag and belongings.
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In short
At airport security, un bac is a tray, le tapis roulant is the conveyor belt and le portique is the walk-through detector. Dans le bac means inside the tray; sur le tapis means on the belt. Explore the lane, then follow the agent’s words.
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Ten things at the security lane
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| French instruction | English |
|---|---|
| Prenez un bac. | Take a tray. |
| Posez votre sac ici. | Put your bag here. |
| Récupérez vos affaires. | Collect your belongings. |
Un bac is masculine; une veste is feminine. Un ordinateur portable is masculine too: the article becomes l’ before its vowel. The words below follow one traveller through this lane. Listen to the agent’s instructions for the next step.
What do you say at French airport security?
L’agent montre les bacs à Léa. « Prenez un bac et posez votre sac à dos dedans, s’il vous plaît. » Léa regarde la table. Sa veste est à côté de son ordinateur portable. Elle met ses affaires dans le bac. Puis elle attend derrière la barrière. L’agent lui fait signe : « Passez sous le portique. » De l’autre côté, Léa récupère ses affaires sur la table de récupération.
The agent shows Léa the trays. “Take a tray and put your backpack inside, please.” Léa looks at the table. Her jacket is next to her laptop. She puts her belongings in the tray. Then she waits behind the barrier. The agent signals to her: “Walk through the detector.” On the other side, Léa collects her belongings from the collection table.
posez: put down; derrière: behind; récupère: collects.