Wait - Attendre (The 155th Most Common French Word)
In French, the word for Wait is Attendre. This word often comes up when talking about being & changes, lifestyle & free time. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 155th most commonly used word in French. It can be used as verb. You can listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon, and you can also see example sentences for context below. 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
English:
wait
French:
attendre
Examples
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| Go wait in the car. | Va attendre dans la voiture. |
| You should not keep people waiting. | Tu ne devrais pas faire attendre les gens. |
| All you need to do is wait. | Tout ce que tu dois faire c'est attendre. |
| All I can do is wait. | Tout ce que je peux faire pour le moment, c'est attendre. |
| I can't wait till tomorrow. | Je ne peux pas attendre jusqu'à demain. |
| I can't wait any more. | Je ne peux plus attendre. |
| I had to wait more than three hours. | J'ai dû attendre plus de trois heures. |
| There's no point in waiting. | Attendre ne sert à rien. |
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| I don't want to wait that long. | Je ne veux pas attendre si longtemps. |
| He does not like to wait until the last moment to do a thing. | Il n'aime pas attendre jusqu'au dernier moment pour faire quelque chose. |
| He kept me waiting for an hour. | Il m'a fait attendre pendant une heure. |
| Please wait a little longer. | Veuillez attendre un peu plus longtemps. |
| I can't wait because I'm in a hurry. | Je ne peux pas attendre car je suis pressé. |
| Maybe we should wait. | On devrait peut-être attendre. |
| He left me waiting for an hour. | Il m'a laissé attendre pendant une heure. |
| Dinner can wait. | Le dîner peut attendre. |
| We'll have to wait and see. | Vous devrez attendre et voir. |
| You'll have to wait and see what happens. | Vous devrez attendre et voir ce qui se passe. |
| He made me wait for about half an hour. | Il m'a fait attendre environ une demi-heure. |
| They kept her waiting for more than an hour. | Ils l'ont fait attendre plus d'une heure. |
| They made me wait quite a while. | Ils m'ont fait attendre pas mal de temps. |
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