English-French translations for on top of

• au-dessus de
  Un autre point de la politique immobilière concerne l'esplanade se trouvant au-dessus de la gare de Luxembourg à Bruxelles. Another aspect of buildings policy concerns the paved area that has been laid on top of Brussels-Luxembourg station.
  Cependant, le problème, c'est que nous disposons d'une législation européenne qui se trouve au-dessus des lois nationales et nous trouvons souvent que cela rend la vie beaucoup plus compliquée. However, the problem is we have a European law on top of domestic laws and we often find it makes life much more complicated.
• sur

Definition of on top of

• atop#preposition|Atop
• In addition to something else
• Fully informed about, and in control of, something; up to speed with

Examples

• Living on top of one another in a refugee camp is stressful.
• At peak times, a telephone operator must handle a number of calls, one on top of the next.
• . . . and on top of all that, I got a puncture!
• I have sorted out the problems and am now on top of the situation.

Related words

• on top of that
• on top of the world
• off the top of one's head
• on the topic of
• topic of conversation
• at the top of one's lungs
• at the top of one's voice
• rooftop ventilation fan