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How to Say ‘Around two pm’ in French

Vers quatorze heures

vair ka-TORZ ur

[vair ka-TORZ ur]

🇫🇷 In France: The French use the 24-hour clock for arrangements in everyday speech, so quatorze heures sounds perfectly normal and not military.

Phrase Breakdown

Vers

[vair]

around / about

Shows the time is approximate, not exact.

Example

Pour notre réservation, vers vingt heures, si possible.

For our reservation, around eight o’clock, if possible.

quatorze

[ka-TORZ]

fourteen

The number 14.

Example

Le quatorze juillet est férié.

The fourteenth of July is a holiday.

heures

[ur]

hours / o’clock

Part of the French way of stating time in reservations.

Example

Vous êtes bien quatre personnes à 20 heures, pas à 19 heures.

You are indeed four people at 8 p.m., not at 7 p.m.

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