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How to Say ‘To reduce the number of guests’ in French

Réduire le nombre de couverts

ray-DWEER luh NOHM-bruh duh koo-VEHR

[ray-DWEER luh NOHM-bruh duh koo-VEHR]

Phrase Breakdown

Réduire le nombre

ray-DWEER luh NOHM-bruh

Reduce the number

Verb plus its object, said together.

Example

On peut réduire le nombre de places.

We can reduce the number of seats.

Words in this phrase

Réduire

[ray-DWEER]

to reduce

To make smaller or lower.

Example

Il faut réduire le prix.

We must reduce the price.

le

[luh]

the

Used as a function word to indicate a noun and to mark the noun as definite.

Example

Le chat noir.

The black cat.

nombre

[NOHM-bruh]

number

Masculine noun for a number or quantity.

Example

Choisis un nombre entre un et dix.

Choose a number between one and ten.

de couverts

duh koo-VEHR

of place settings / covers

In restaurants, 'couverts' means the number of diners. The final 's' and 't' are silent: 'kou-vèr'.

Example

Une table de six couverts.

A table for six.

Words in this phrase

de

[duh]

of

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

couverts

[koo-VEHR]

covers, place settings

In restaurants, the number of diners or places set.

Example

Une table de six couverts.

A table for six.

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