adresses
The English phrase "addresses" translates to French as adresses.
The locations where buildings are situated or where mail is sent.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of the word is adresse.
What mistakes should you avoid?
English speakers often mistakenly double the 'd' in the French spelling, but the French word only has one 'd'.
Did you know?
- Even though 'address' in English is often a verb and a noun, in French, the noun adresse can also mean 'skill' or 'dexterity' in certain contexts.
- When writing an adresse on a French envelope, the postal code always precedes the city name, and the city is traditionally written in all capital letters.
- In French, the word for a physical home address is adresse, but the word for a speech or a formal written address is discours.
Examples in context
- Le policier a exigé leurs noms et adresses.The policeman demanded their names and addresses.This sentence shows the word adresses being used in the context of personal information.Tatoeba #7960286 by Micsmithel, translation #238091 by CM
- Presque toutes les mises en œuvre de la mémoire virtuelle divisent l'espace d'adressage virtuel d'une application en pages, une page est un bloc d'adresses mémoires virtuelles contiguës.Almost all implementations of virtual memory divide the virtual address space of an application program into pages, a page is a block of contiguous virtual memory addresses.This sentence demonstrates the technical use of adresses regarding virtual memory.Tatoeba #1831164 by sacredceltic, translation #722651 by qdii
- Il a deux adresses e-mail.He has two email addresses.This sentence uses adresses to refer to email addresses.Tatoeba #10984583 by carlosalberto, translation #10984567 by carlosalberto
- Le numéro de l'immeuble est le 25.The building number is 25.
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Example conversation
Emma and Nathan are organizing a guest list for a party.
- EmmaEst-ce que tu as toutes les adresses ?Do you have all the addresses?
- NathanOui, j'ai noté leurs adresses sur ce papier.Yes, I noted their addresses on this paper.
- EmmaC'est parfait, Nathan.That is perfect, Nathan.
- NathanJe vais envoyer les invitations demain.I will send the invitations tomorrow.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
