haies
The English phrase hurdles is translated into French as haies.
To refer to the specific event of a hurdles race, use the phrase course de haies.
Meaning: sport (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word for sports hurdles is the same word used for a hedge or a shrubbery, which is haie.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of the word is haie.
Did you know?
- The phrase haies d'honneur describes a 'guard of honor' where people line up on both sides of a path to welcome someone, mimicking the shape of a hedge.
- In historical French land management, haies were not just decorative shrubs but legal boundaries that defined property lines and livestock enclosures.
- In French, the plural haies can refer to several different shrubbery borders, but in the context of athletics, it refers to the single set of obstacles in one race.
Examples in context
- Les obstacles rencontrés lors de l'analyse des données ont retardé le projet.The hurdles encountered during the data analysis have delayed the project.
- Il doit franchir les haies.He must jump over the hurdles.
- Les haies sont très hautes aujourd'hui.The hurdles are very high today.
- Elle s'entraîne pour la course de haies.She is training for the hurdles race.
Example conversation
Two athletes are talking at the sports stadium.
- ManonEst-ce que tu as peur des haies ?Are you afraid of the hurdles?
- LucasNon, je les trouve assez faciles.No, I find them quite easy.
- ManonTu as raison, Lucas.You are right, Lucas.
- LucasOn va s'entraîner ensemble maintenant ?Shall we practice together now?
