chiffre

/ʃifʁ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
chiffres

Meaning

  1. number, figure; digit

    • Les chiffres des ventes ont augmenté ce mois-ci.

      The sales figures went up this month.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cifra

cifra is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "number, figure."

Practice

1 What does chiffre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les ___ des ventes ont augmenté ce mois-ci.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chiffre?

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