Today’s Word of the day is the faux ami (false cognate) “la phrase“, which actually means “sentence”. This word is especially useful when taking French lessons!
Meaning
Pronunciation
Example sentences
Related words and lessons
Meaning
In French, la phrase (feminine noun) means “sentence”. The English word “phrase” in French is une expression or un syntagme, a grammar term meaning a phrase or group of words.
Pronunciation
Example sentences
For this first example sentence, the verb répéter (to repeat) has very strict rules for the placement of the acute accent (É: l’accent aigu) and grave accent (È: l’accent grave) over the -e.
Répétez la phrase : « J’adore ces leçons ! »
Repeat the sentence: “I love these lessons!
Comment peut-on traduire cette phrase en anglais ?
How can you translate this sentece into English?
For this sentence, plein de (literally full of) is an informal synonym for beaucoup de (a lot of). The feminine noun la locution is the English equivalent of phrase or expression.
On apprend plein de locutions sur ce site.
We learn lots of expressions on this site.
For this final sentence, the grammatical term for “phrase” is un syntagme.
Un « syntagme” signifie un groupe de mots.
“Phrase” means a group of words.
Related words and lessons
- Le mot – word
- Le nom – noun
- Que veut dire – How do you say?
- la proposition – clause (part of a sentence)
- la subordonnée – subordinate clause
- le verbe – verb
- le sujet – subject
- la ponctuation – punctuation
- le point – period / full stop
