camion malaxeur
The English phrase "cement truck" is translated into French as camion malaxeur.
The phrase refers to a vehicle used to transport and mix concrete for construction projects.
What does it mean word for word?
The term is composed of camion, meaning truck and malaxeur, meaning mixer.
Which one should you use?
camion-toupie serves as a common alternative. For more specific technical contexts, Camion malaxeur à béton can be used to explicitly specify a concrete mixer truck.
How does it change in a sentence?
When expressing the plural, both the noun and the adjective are pluralized, resulting in camions malaxeurs.
Did you know?
- Despite the English name 'cement truck', a French engineer would find camion de ciment confusing, as it implies a truck carrying dry powder rather than wet concrete.
- The alternative term camion-toupie uses a word that literally means 'spinning top', the child's toy.
- The word malaxeur comes from the verb malaxer, which is also used in French to describe the process of kneading dough or massaging muscles.
Examples in context
- Mon oncle est chauffeur de camion malaxeur à béton.My uncle is a driver of a cement truck.
- J'ai vu un camion toupie sur le chantier.I saw a cement truck at the construction site.
- J'adore regarder les bétonnières passer devant ma fenêtre.I love watching cement trucks pass by my window.
- Le camion à béton vient de livrer une nouvelle cargaison.The cement truck just delivered a new shipment.
- Le camion malaxeur arrive sur le chantier.The cement truck is arriving at the construction site.
- Il y a un gros camion malaxeur dans la rue.There is a large cement truck in the street.
- Le chauffeur conduit le camion malaxeur avec prudence.The driver drives the cement truck carefully.
Example conversation
Manon and Nathan are watching a house being built.
- ManonRegarde, voilà le camion malaxeur !Look, here comes the cement truck!
- NathanIl est arrivé très tôt aujourd'hui.It arrived very early today.
- ManonEst-ce que le camion malaxeur peut stationner là ?Can the cement truck park there?
- NathanOui, le conducteur connaît l'endroit.Yes, the driver knows the spot.
