Example: Nous avons attendu longtemps au poste frontière avant de passer.
Definition
"Le poste frontière" refers to the border checkpoint where travelers are inspected and cleared before entering or leaving a country. It is a controlled station for customs and immigration procedures, ensuring security and legal crossing between nations.
The term "le poste frontière" comes from French, where "poste" means station or post, and "frontière" means border. Together, they describe the official location at a country's boundary where border control activities take place. Did you know this term directly reflects the function of a guarded position at a frontier?
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"Le poste frontière" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - Tourism - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 135 commonly used words.
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