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How to Say ‘Four covers (a table for four)’ in French

Quatre couverts

KAH-truh koo-VAIR

[KAH-truh koo-VAIR]

💬 Usage Tip: Couverts literally means place settings, the cutlery laid at each seat. Restaurants count tables this way, so deux couverts means a table for two.

🇫🇷 In France: Staff often say this on the phone, so expect to hear it rather than quatre personnes "four people".

Phrase Breakdown

Quatre

[KAH-truh]

four

The number 4.

Example

Nous sommes quatre.

There are four of us.

couverts

[koo-VAIR]

place settings / covers

In restaurants, the number of diners at a table.

Example

Une table de six couverts.

A table for six.

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