Today we’ll have a look at the commonly used French adjective sublime, which translates to magnificent, great, wonderful and sublime. The Modern French sublime comes from sublimis (elevated, high, exalted, sublime) in Latin.
sublime
magnificent, great, wonderful, sublime
Pronunciation [syblim]

Example sentences
This first sentence uses penser de, meaning “to think of”. Students often confuse this with penser à + person (to think about a person). This lesson explains penser in detail. Oh là là has several translations including oh, wow, yikes!
Qu’est-ce que tu as pensé du concert ? Oh là là, c’était sublime !
What did you think of the concert? – Oh! It was wonderful!
Sublime can also be used in the context of beauty. For example, une beauté sublime (sublime beauty).
The verb assister à + event means “to attend” whereas assister + person means to help or to assist a person. Elle va mettre (she’s going to wear) is an example of the futur proche or “going to” tense.
Marie assiste à un mariage cet après-midi et elle va mettre une robe sublime !
Marie is attending a marriage this afternoon and she’s going to wear a magnificent dress.
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