How to Say "Battery" in French

batterie

/ba.tʁi/feminine

In French, the English word 'battery' can be translated as batterie or pile.

Meaning: device storing electricity (noun)

Ways to say it

“battery” in French
French	IPA	Note
batterie	/ba.tʁi/	feminine
pile	/pil/	feminine

Both terms refer to a device that stores electricity. You can also use the informal abbreviation Accu, which is derived from the word accumulateur.

While both words refer to a battery, batterie is the more formal term.

Both pile and batterie are feminine nouns. To describe a battery that is dead or flat, you can use the colloquial expression être à plat.

/ba.tʁi/

While pile refers to a battery, it is also the word used for 'tails' when flipping a coin.
If you are talking about a set of musical percussion instruments, you would use the word batterie rather than any term related to electricity.
In a culinary context, the term batterie de cuisine refers to a complete set of kitchen tools and pots, not an electrical device.

Ma pile est vide.
My battery is flat.
This sentence is useful for saying your battery is flat using pile.
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La pile est morte.
The battery died out.
This sentence shows how to say a battery died out using pile.
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La pile est à plat.
The battery is flat.
This sentence is another way to express that a battery is flat using pile.
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La batterie du téléphone est faible.
The phone's battery is low.
Assurez-vous d'avoir une batterie de rechange.
Make sure you have a spare battery.
Il faut changer les piles de ta télécommande.
You need to change the batteries in your remote control.
Les accus de mon appareil photo sont déchargés.
The batteries in my camera are dead.
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