Chance, opportunity - Occasion (The 423rd Most Common French Word)

The translation for Chance, opportunity in French is Occasion. It can be used as noun. This word often comes up when talking about sickness & injuries, occupation. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 423rd most common word in French. 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. Our app offers over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common French words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

English: chance, opportunity

French: occasion

Examples


What an opportunity	Quelle occasion
I'll speak to him at the first opportunity.	Je lui parlerai à la première occasion.
I took advantage of an opportunity.	J'ai profité d'une occasion.
I missed a golden opportunity.	J'ai manqué une occasion en or.
I lost another chance.	J'ai perdu une autre occasion.
It's a remarkable opportunity.	C'est une occasion remarquable.
You may have that opportunity.	Il se peut que tu aies cette occasion.
I regret losing that opportunity.	Je regrette d'avoir manqué cette occasion.

This is a good opportunity.	C'est une bonne occasion.
Try to profit from every opportunity.	Essaie de tirer profit de chaque occasion.
Don't let this opportunity slip away	Ne laisse pas filer cette occasion.
It's too good an opportunity to let slip away.	C'est une trop belle occasion pour la laisser passer.
Let's not waste this opportunity.	Ne gâchons pas cette occasion
Let's not waste this chance.	Ne laissons pas passer cette occasion
I took every opportunity to improve my Esperanto.	J'ai saisi chaque occasion d'améliorer mon espéranto.
An opportunity to get information and meet with coaches.	Une occasion pour recevoir de l'information et rencontrer les entraîneurs.
The EESC welcomes this opportunity to contribute to that examination.	Le CESE se réjouit de cette occasion de contribuer à cet examen.
This can be an opportunity to meet you to analyze all the possibilities of collaboration or make a point about current projects.	Ce peut être une occasion de se rencontrer, d'analyser ensemble les possibilités de collaboration ou de faire un point sur les projets en cours.
I wish he would take an opportunity to correct that record.	J'aimerais qu'il profite de cette occasion pour corriger ses propos.
I would like now to take an opportunity to reflect on banking sector developments.	J'aimerais profiter de cette occasion pour aborder les faits intervenus dans le secteur bancaire.
His delegation invited Canada to reflect on this and to take an opportunity when it next presented itself to revisit this restrictive provision.	Sa délégation invitait le Canada à y réfléchir et à saisir la prochaine occasion de revenir sur cette disposition restrictive.