Beginning - Début (The 364th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Beginning is Début. This word often comes up when talking about time & frequency. It is the 364th most commonly used word in French, classified as a A1 word. It can be used as noun. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

en English: beginning

fr French: début

Examples

en fr
Life is the beginning of death. La vie est le début de la mort.
The end is the beginning of the impossible. La fin est le début de l'impossible.
I watched the game from beginning to end. J'ai regardé le match du début à la fin.
Whatever has a beginning also has an end. Tout ce qui a un début a aussi une fin.
I found this book interesting from beginning to end. J'ai trouvé ce livre intéressant du début à la fin.
That's just the beginning. C'est que le début.
That was just the beginning. Ce n'était que le début.
That was the beginning of everything. Ce fut le début de tout.

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Beginning - Début (The 364th Most Common French Word)
A good beginning promises a good ending. Bon début promet bonne fin.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. Le début de la sagesse est de désigner les choses par leur nom.
It will serve us as protection in case of an unfriendly encounter with the polar bear. Sisimiut marks the end of leg 4 and the beginning of a new one. Ainsi Sisimiut marque la fin d'une étape et le début d'une nouvelle: neige fraîche à 500 mètres d'altitude, il fait 5ºC sur le pont.
From the reports, she sees the beginning of engagement and a willingness to take charge. D'après les rapports, elle constate le début d'un engagement et une volonté d'assumer la gestion.
And so the beginning of Uber in 2010 was - well, we just wanted to push a button and get a ride. Au début d'Uber en 2010, nous voulions seulement appuyer sur un bouton et être conduits.
From the beginning, she was convinced that it would serve a purpose for her own live and perhaps for others' lives as well. Depuis le début, elle était persuadée que cela devait lui servir à quelque chose, pour sa vie personnelle et peut-être aussi pour d'autres.
I was supposed to do your makeup at the beginning. Au début, j'étais censée te maquiller.
Gingivitis is usually the beginning sign of gum disease. La gingivite est généralement le signe d'un début de la maladie des gencives.
Manfred Fröschl is installer since 1990 and since the beginning of his professional activities relies on renewable energy. Manfred Fröschl est installateur depuis 1990 et mise depuis le début de son activité professionnelle sur les énergies renouvelables.
The summer solstice heralds the beginning of summer. Le solstice d'été marque le début de l'été.
At the beginning of September, mr. Cavanaugh visited Azerbaijan. Au début du mois de septembre monsieur Kavano se déplaça en Azerbaïdjan.
This marked the beginning of the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy in American churches. Cela a marqué le début de la controverse entre les fondamentalisme et le modernisme dans les églises Américaines.
Since the beginning of 2006 Indonesia had received 17 plurilateral requests. Depuis le début de 2006, l'Indonésie avait reçu 17 demandes plurilatérales.

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Beginning - Début (The 364th Most Common French Word)

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