votre numéro de portable
The English phrase "your mobile number" is translated into French as votre numéro de portable.
This phrase is used to refer to the telephone number used to reach someone on their cellular phone. When providing your own number, you might say Voici mon numéro de téléphone mobile : for a formal tone or Je te donne mon numéro de portable : informally. In French, it is common to write phone numbers by grouping the digits into pairs separated by a space, such as 06 12 34 56 78.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase literally translates to "your number of portable" (referring to a portable phone).
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
Using votre numéro de portable is the polite or formal way to address someone. In contrast, you should use ton numéro de portable when speaking to a friend or a peer in an informal setting.
Is it said differently in some regions?
A more complete and standard way to express this phrase is votre numéro de téléphone portable, which adds the word for telephone before the word for portable.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word numéro is a masculine noun. While the possessive adjective votre is used here, it is the same for both masculine and feminine nouns.
Did you know?
- If you are reading a mobile number aloud in France, you should say each pair of digits as a single number, like 'sixty-twelve', rather than single digits.
- In France, you might hear people refer to their mobile as a portable, but in Quebec, the term cellulaire is the standard way to describe the device.
- In France, mobile numbers almost always begin with 06 or 07. If a number starts with these digits, a French speaker knows immediately it is a portable without being told.
Examples in context
- Quel est votre numéro de portable ?What is your mobile number?
- J'ai oublié votre numéro de portable.I forgot your mobile number.
- Pouvez-vous me donner votre numéro de portable ?Can you give me your mobile number?
Example conversation
Manon and Lucas are exchanging contact information at a meeting.
- ManonLucas, j'ai oublié de noter votre numéro de portable.Lucas, I forgot to write down your mobile number.
- LucasC'est pas grave, je vous le donne tout de suite.No problem, I will give it to you right away.
- ManonMerci beaucoup, c'est très gentil.Thank you very much, that is very kind.
- LucasDe rien, Manon. Voici mon numéro.You're welcome, Manon. Here is my number.
