troisième étage
To say third floor in French, use troisième étage. It names the level of a building three floors up from the ground floor.
What does it mean word for word?
troisième means third and étage means floor or level.
How does it change in a sentence?
To say on the third floor, use au troisième étage, where au is the contraction of the words for at and the.
What mistakes should you avoid?
In France the floor at street level is not counted, so troisième étage is three floors above it. That matches the British third floor but is what Americans call the fourth floor, so an American third floor is one number lower in French.
Did you know?
- In some older French buildings, the first floor above the ground is called the entresol, a mezzanine level that is often not counted as a full étage.
- The French word étage shares a root with the English word 'stage'. Both come from the Latin word stāre, which means 'to stand'.
- If a French person says they live au troisième, they will often omit the word étage entirely while still being perfectly understood.
Examples in context
- Tom est au troisième étage.Tom is on the third floor.au troisième étage tells where someone is right now.Tatoeba #7411426 by lbdx, translation #2644386 by CK
- Mon ami habite au troisième étage.My friend lives on the third floor.habite means lives, so this says where a friend lives.Tatoeba #6732685 by felix63, translation #6732799 by Eccles17
- Mon bureau est au troisième étage.My office is on the third floor.Mon bureau means my office.Tatoeba #7352851 by Aiji, translation #4015918 by CK
- Excusez-moi, je voudrais une chambre au troisième étage , s'il vous plaît.Excuse me, I would like a room on the third floor, please.
- Je vais à ton appartement au troisième étage .I'm going to your apartment on the third floor.
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Example conversation
Lucas and Léa are looking for a specific apartment in a building.
- LucasQuel est le numéro de l'appartement au troisième étage ?What is the apartment number on the third floor?
- LéaC'est le numéro douze, au troisième étage.It is number twelve, on the third floor.
- LucasEst-ce que l'ascenseur monte jusqu'au troisième étage ?Does the elevator go up to the third floor?
- LéaOui, il monte jusqu'au cinquième étage.Yes, it goes up to the fifth floor.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries troisième, étage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
