le bus est en retard Unstarted Literal Breakdown Recording English French Learn bus bus Learn Summary The French translation for “the bus is late” is le bus est en retard. The French, le bus est en retard, can be broken down into 1 parts:"bus" (bus). Practice Lesson "the bus is late" Practice (0) Lesson Lesson words This lesson has no individual words. Lesson phrases This lesson has no phrases. Themed Courses Transport 1 Travel 1 Part of Speech Courses Nouns 15