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How to Say ‘Boarding at 10 o'clock’ in French

Embarquement à 10 heures

ahn-bar-kuh-MAHN ah dees uhr

[ahn-bar-kuh-MAHN ah dees uhr]

💬 Usage Tip: À gives a time: à 10 heures "at 10". The h in heures is silent, so dix heures sounds like (dee-zur).

Phrase Breakdown

Embarquement

[ahn-bar-kuh-MAHN]

boarding

Getting onto the plane; masculine noun.

Example

L'embarquement est à midi.

Boarding is at noon.

à 10 heures

ah dees uhr

at 10 o'clock

'10 heures' is said 'dee-zur', with the 'x' linking as a 'z'.

Example

Rendez-vous à 10 heures.

Meeting at 10 o'clock.

Words in this phrase

[ah]

A preposition indicating position or direction.

Example

À la maison.

At the house.

[dees]

ten

The number 10, said 'dix'.

Example

Il est dix heures.

It is ten o'clock.

heures

[uhr]

o'clock / hours

Used after a number to tell the time in French.

Example

Dans « Pour 20 heures. », « heures » indique qu'on parle de l'heure.

In “Pour 20 heures.”, “heures” shows that we are talking about time.

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