travelling
French, noun/tʁa.vliŋ/
travelling is spelled T-R-A-V-E-L-L-I-N-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Travelling is a French masculine noun meaning “dolly, camera dolly (a specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement de prise de vue audiovisuelle, consistant à un déplacement réel de la caméra (ou du caméscope) dans…”.
What does travelling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedolly, camera dolly (a specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted)
- 2
masculinetravelling shot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement de prise de vue audiovisuelle, consistant à un déplacement réel de la caméra (ou du caméscope) dans l’espace, généralement à l'aide d’un matériel spécial sur rails ou sur pneumatiques ou d'un quelconque véhicule. 2. Dispositif technique dont on se sert pour réaliser un travelling.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of travelling
- travellings plural
- traveling
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce travelling?
- /tʁa.vliŋ/
- \tʁav.liŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to travelling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is travelling in French?
travelling appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).