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How To Use The Adjective “Sublime” In French

How To Use The Adjective “Sublime” In French

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]

Sublime - French adjective meaning magnificent, great, wonderful, sublime.

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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David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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