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How to Say ‘Our transport costs’ in French

Nos coûts de transport

noh koo duh trahns-POR

[noh koo duh trahns-POR]

💬 Usage Tip: French links nouns with de where English just stacks them: "transport costs" becomes coûts de transport. Other examples are frais de déplacement "travel expenses" and réunion d'équipe "team meeting".

Phrase Breakdown

Nos coûts

noh koo

Our costs

'Nos' sounds like 'no' and 'coûts' like 'koo'. The final letters are silent.

Example

Nos coûts augmentent.

Our costs are rising.

Words in this phrase

Nos

[noh]

our

Possessive for plural things belonging to us.

Example

Voici nos amis.

Here are our friends.

coûts

[koo]

costs

Plural of the masculine noun coût, the price or expense of something.

Example

Les coûts ont augmenté.

Costs have gone up.

de transport

duh trahns-POR

of transport / transportation

'Trans' is a nasal sound. The final 't' of 'transport' is silent.

Example

Les frais de transport sont élevés.

Transport fees are high.

Words in this phrase

de

[duh]

of

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

transport

[trahns-POR]

transport, shipping

Masculine noun for moving goods or people.

Example

Le transport coûte cher.

Transport is expensive.

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