numéros de téléphone
The English phrase "phone numbers" is translated into French as numéros de téléphone.
numéros de téléphone refers to the sequences of digits used to call a person or a business on a telephone.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is built from numéros (numbers) and de téléphone (of telephone).
How does it change in a sentence?
In the plural form numéros de téléphone, only the word numéros takes an s. téléphone stays singular because it describes the type of number. For a single phone number, use the singular form numéro de téléphone, where téléphone also remains singular.
Did you know?
- The word numéro is used for identification sequences, but French uses a different word, nombre, to talk about a quantity of things.
- In France, when reciting numéros de téléphone, people almost always group the digits into pairs. Instead of reading ten digits straight, they will say them as five groups of two, such as 'zero six, one two, thirty-four, fifty-six, seventy-eight'.
- The word téléphone comes from the Ancient Greek words têle, meaning 'afar', and phōnḗ, meaning 'voice' or 'sound'.
Examples in context
- Nous avons échangé nos numéros de téléphone.We exchanged phone numbers.This sentence is useful for showing how to use numéros de téléphone when talking about exchanging contact information.Tatoeba #4933162 by sacredceltic, translation #3123917 by Hybrid
- Aucun des numéros de téléphone ne fonctionnait.None of the phone numbers worked.This sentence is useful for using numéros de téléphone to describe numbers that are not working.Tatoeba #10648058 by Rovo, translation #6543052 by OsoHombre
- Il a perdu les numéros de téléphone de ses amis.He lost his friends' phone numbers.This sentence is useful for using numéros de téléphone in the context of losing contact details.Tatoeba #5463555 by alexisslay, translation #5463475 by Catriona
- Mon téléphone, c'est le zéro six, trente-huit, soixante-dix-neuf, quarante-sept.My phone is 06, 38, 79, 47.
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Example conversation
Gabriel and Emma are organizing a group dinner.
- GabrielEst-ce que tu as les numéros de téléphone ?Do you have the phone numbers?
- EmmaOui, je les ai notés ici.Yes, I wrote them down here.
- GabrielMerci, Emma, je vais envoyer un message.Thanks, Emma, I'm going to send a message.
- EmmaD'accord, Gabriel, fais-le maintenant.Okay, Gabriel, do it now.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, téléphone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
