ping
The French verb ping means to send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
Meaning: to send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response (verb)
Did you know?
- Because ping is an English loanword, it follows French conjugation rules for regular '-er' verbs, meaning you would say je pingue instead of the English sound.
- In France, using ping as a verb is considered extremely 'Franglais'. It is often mocked by linguists who prefer the much more traditional term relancer to mean following up with someone.
- If you ping someone in a French workplace via a chat app, the expected response is often a simple vu or a thumbs-up emoji to acknowledge receipt without needing a full sentence.
Examples in context
- Le ping-pong est aussi appelé tennis de table.Ping-Pong is also called table tennis.This sentence shows how ping appears within the term for the game ping-pong.Tatoeba #4767624 by Doremi391, translation #34427 by AlanF_US
- Tom ne se rappelle plus quelle raquette de ping-pong est la sienne.Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his.This sentence shows the use of ping in the context of a ping-pong paddle.Tatoeba #8966224 by lbdx, translation #1026748 by CK
- Quoi ? Tu dis que la semaine dernière, tu as vu deux castors jouer au ping-pong avec leur grande queue plate ?What? You say that last week you saw two beavers playing ping-pong with their big flat tails?This sentence shows the use of ping when referring to playing the game of ping-pong.Tatoeba #8399689 by marioo, translation #8399690 by marioo
- Je vais pinger l'adresse IP.I am going to ping the IP address.
- J'ai besoin de pinger l'adresse IP pour vérifier la connexion internet.I need to ping the IP address to check the internet connection.
- Nous allons interroger le serveur pour vérifier sa disponibilité.We are going to ping the server to check its availability.
- 3 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Two colleagues are discussing a project deadline in the office.
- LucasJe vais ping le client pour confirmer le rendez-vous.I'm going to ping the client to confirm the appointment.
- ChloéC'est une bonne idée, il ne répond plus.That's a good idea, he isn't responding anymore.
- LucasJe le ping maintenant sur Slack.I'll ping him on Slack right now.
- ChloéMerci Lucas, tiens-moi au courant.Thanks Lucas, keep me posted.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
