Used as the past participle of the verb "elevate" when functioning adjectivally.
Translations
surélevéParticipe passé employé pour dire qu’un objet ou une structure a été placé plus haut. The bridge’s elevated sections were completed last year.
Les sections surélevées du pont ont été achevées l’an dernier.
Definitions
Raised or lifted to a higher position or level. The bridge’s elevated sections were completed last year.
Used chiefly in North American English to mean an elevated railway.
Translations
métro aérienSpécifique à un réseau ferroviaire urbain construit au-dessus du niveau de la rue. They took the elevated into the city for work each morning.
Ils prenaient le métro aérien pour aller en ville chaque matin.
chemin de fer aérienTerme plus général, surtout dans un contexte technique ou descriptif. Definitions
An elevated railway or railway line raised above street level, especially in an urban area. They took the elevated into the city for work each morning.
Synonyms
elevated railway
elevated train
elevated line
el train
the El