🇫🇷 How to say

“right (direction)” in French

droit

Illustration of "right (direction)" in a French cultural setting — Une rue droite et propre dans le centre-ville, avec une flèche de signalisation indiquant clairement la direction à droite pour les piétons.

Usage note

Droit can mean both 'right' (direction) and 'straight' (not curved). Remember it by thinking of following a straight line to the right turn.

Examples

Tournez à droite au prochain feu.
Turn right at the next light.
La rue est très droite ici.
The street is very straight here.
Allez tout droit jusqu'au parc.
Go straight ahead until the park.

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What does "droit" mean?

A. right (direction)
B. high
C. ugly
D. low

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