travers

Meaning

1. outside (the external part of)
2. wide side (the side of which the width is measured)
3. border toll
4. oddity, irregularity of mind and mood, unfortunate disposition, defect of character

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʁa.vɛʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin traversus, from Latin trānsversus. Doublet of transverse.

Sentences

Une jeune femme l'accompagne dans sa fuite à travers le désert du Mexique .

A young woman accompanies him on his escape through the Mexican desert.

Ce sont les échanges d'informations à travers les tubes qui synchronisent les opérations .

It is the exchange of information through the tubes that synchronizes the operations.

Il avait un peu dérivé vers l’ouest jusqu’au travers de Roberts-Cove.

It had drifted a little westward across Roberts Cove.