Le vol
Example: Le vol pour Paris a été retardé de deux heures.
Definition
"Le vol" refers to the scheduled journey of an aircraft from one place to another, often used in tourism to describe a flight. For example, "Le vol pour Paris a été retardé de deux heures" means the flight to Paris was delayed by two hours.
Etymology
The term "le vol" comes from the Old French word 'vol,' which originally meant 'flight' or 'act of flying.' It is related to the Latin word 'volare,' meaning 'to fly.' Did you know? The word evolved from describing bird flight to referring to airplane journeys as air travel developed.
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"Le vol" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - Tourism - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 135 commonly used words.
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