Put, place - Mettre (The 27th Most Common French Word)

The translation for Put, place in French is Mettre. It is the 27th most commonly used word in French, classified as a A1 word. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about being & changes, activities & movements, communication, house, location & place, culture & arts, education. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

English: put, place

French: mettre

Examples


I have to put on my work clothes.	Je dois mettre mes vêtements de travail.
I should put on more clothes.	Je devrais mettre plus de vêtements.
I need to know where to put this.	J'ai besoin de savoir où mettre ça.
I'll put it on your bill.	Je vais le mettre sur votre facture.
I can put things in a box.	Je peux mettre des choses dans une boîte.
You should put your ideas in writing.	Vous devriez mettre vos idées par écrit.
Tell me where to put these books.	Dis-moi où mettre ces livres
I'm thinking about putting my house up for sale.	Je réfléchis à mettre ma maison en vente.

It's hard for me to put my thoughts into words.	Il m'est difficile de mettre des mots sur mes pensées.
You must put an end to your foolish behavior.	Tu dois mettre fin à ce stupide comportement.
It is crazy of you to put your life at risk.	C'est insensé de ta part de mettre ta vie en jeu.
Mankind must put an end to war, or otherwise war will put an end to mankind.	L'humanité doit mettre un terme à la guerre ou bien la guerre mettra un terme à l'humanité.
Soon we’ll be able to put you in prison.	Bientôt, nous pourrons vous mettre en prison.
We have to put the piano on its side in order to get it in.	Il faut mettre le piano sur le côté pour le faire entrer.
I'd like to put on some clothes.	J'aimerais mettre quelques vêtements.
Diplomatic dialogue helped put an end to the conflict.	Le dialogue diplomatique aida à mettre fin au conflit.
You can put it anywhere.	Tu peux le mettre n'importe où.
As he grew up, he learned to put things in perspective.	En grandissant, il apprit à mettre les choses en perspective.
Let me put this in perspective for you.	Permettez-moi de vous mettre ceci en perspective.
You should put this phrase in parentheses.	Tu devrais mettre cette phrase entre parenthèses.
You should put this phrase in quotation marks.	Vous devriez mettre cette phrase entre guillemets.