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How to Say ‘The repair times’ in French

Les délais de réparation

leh day-LAY duh ray-pah-rah-SYOHN

[leh day-LAY duh ray-pah-rah-SYOHN]

💬 Usage Tip: Délai does not mean "delay". It means the time something takes, like a turnaround time. A late delivery is a retard "delay".

Phrase Breakdown

Les délais

leh day-LAY

The turnaround times

'Délais' means time frames or delays. Say 'lé dé-lè'.

Example

Les délais sont courts.

The time frames are short.

Words in this phrase

Les

[leh]

the

Used before plural nouns to denote particularity.

Example

Les années passent vite.

The years pass quickly.

délais

[day-LAY]

turnaround times, deadlines

Plural of délai, the time needed to complete something.

Example

Les délais de livraison sont courts.

Delivery times are short.

de réparation

duh ray-pah-rah-SYOHN

for repair

'De' links the two nouns: repair times. The ending '-tion' sounds like 'syon'.

Example

Un service de réparation.

A repair service.

Words in this phrase

[duh]

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

réparation

[ray-pah-rah-SYOHN]

repair

Noun for the act of fixing something.

Example

La réparation est gratuite.

The repair is free.

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