titre
/titʁ/masculine
The French word for title is titre.
The word titre is used to refer to the name of a book, a movie, a song or an article, just as in English.
Meaning: name of a book, etc (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form of titre is titres.
How do you pronounce it?
/titʁ/
Did you know?
- The phrase titre de transport is the standard French term for a ticket, such as a bus or train pass.
- The word titre is inherited from Old French and was borrowed from the Latin word titulus.
- In French music, while titre describes the name of a song, it is often used as a synonym for the 'track' itself.
Examples in context
- Quel est le titre du livre ?What is the title of the book?This example shows how to ask for the title of a book using titre.Tatoeba #589837 by sysko, translation #43949 by CC
- Aucun titre n'est gravé sur la statue.No title is engraved on the statue.This sentence demonstrates the use of titre regarding an engraving on a statue.Tatoeba #8976809 by Aiji, translation #5280009 by AlanF_US
- Le titre du livre semblait intéressant.The title of the book seemed interesting.This sentence describes how the title of a book appeared to be interesting using titre.Tatoeba #7809648 by Aiji, translation #2878059 by AlanF_US
- Madame Dupont, veuillez me présenter votre titre officiel.Madame Dupont, please present your official title to me.
- Quel est ton titre sur ton profil LinkedIn ?What is your title on your LinkedIn profile?
- Je suis content de voir que tu as enfin obtenu ce poste !I am happy to see that you finally got this job!
- Quelle est ta fonction dans cette entreprise ?What is your role in this company?
- 52 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Emma and Lucas are discussing a book in a library.
- EmmaTu as trouvé le titre de ce roman ?Did you find the title of this novel?
- LucasNon, je ne vois pas le titre.No, I don't see the title.
- EmmaRegarde sur la couverture, Lucas.Look on the cover, Lucas.
- LucasAh, oui, le voilà !Ah, yes, there it is!
Sources
- Wiktionary, “title” translations and entries titre, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries titre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
