French word

auto-stoppeur

Pronunciation

IPA/otostopœʁ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounhitchhiker

Example

J'ai pris un auto-stoppeur ce matin.

I picked up a hitchhiker this morning.

Illustration for auto-stoppeur (hitchhiker)

More examples

L'auto-stoppeur m'a demandé s'il pouvait monter.

The hitchhiker asked me if he could get in.

Core concept

A roadside traveler signaling for a free lift from passing drivers.

Common phrases

  • prendre en voiture un auto-stoppeur

    pick up a hitchhiker

  • rencontrer un auto-stoppeur

    meet a hitchhiker

  • donner un lift à un auto-stoppeur

    give a hitchhiker a ride

Similar words

stoppeur: A person who signals passing cars to ask for a ride.
auto-stop: The act of waiting roadside and signaling for a ride in a passing car.
covoitureur: A person who drives others to their destination in their own car.

Definition in French

Personne qui fait de l'auto-stop pour se faire transporter gratuitement par un automobiliste.

Word origin

Auto-stoppeur combines auto-stop, a French term for hitchhiking, with the agent suffix -eur for a person who does it.

Usage tips

  • The masculine noun is un auto-stoppeur, while the feminine form is une auto-stoppeuse.

Opposites

Related words

  • auto-stoppeusefemale hitchhikernoun
  • auto-stopperhitchhikeverb

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