The in French

Definition

Definition in EnglishAn article marking a noun as referring to an identifiable person or thing, including its grammatical gender and number forms where applicable.

Definition in FrenchArticle placé devant un nom pour parler d'une personne ou d'une chose que l'on peut identifier.

Example sentences

• L'hôtel est ici.🔊

  The hotel is here.

• Le héros est français.🔊

  The hero is French.

• L'étudiant est ici.🔊

  The student is here.

Learn it in a lesson

• French Elision: l’, j’, n’, qu’ and s’

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