un bouchon - mot du jour

un bouchon – Mot du jour

a traffic jam – French expression

What does ” un bouchon ” mean? How do you say ‘ a traffic jam ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

un bouchon – a cork – In everyday French, un bouchon means ‘ a traffic jam ‘ .In everyday French though, un bouchon is a synonym of un embouteillage - a traffic jam.

« Entre les juilletistes et les aoûtiens, y a (il y a) des bouchons tout le temps. »
- “Between the July and the August vacationers, there is no end to traffic jams.”