Adresse (en. Address)

/a.dʁɛs/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Place where one can find a person or an object.

I need the address of your new office.

J'ai besoin de l'adresse de ton nouveau bureau.

Skill in acting with finesse and managing difficult situations.

He has a lot of skill behind the wheel.

Il a beaucoup d'adresse au volant.

From the verb 'to address', derived from Latin 'adressa', it was first used in the sense of stopping at a point on a path.

email address

Electronic coordinates that allow messages to be sent.

adresse email

IP address

Digital identification of a device on a network.

adresse IP

delivery address

Indication of where a package should be sent.

adresse de livraison

to address

To send something to someone.

adresser

addressing

Act of fixing an address on a shipment.

adressage

readdress

Modify the address of a shipment that has already been sent.

réadresse

To have skill

He managed to avoid all the obstacles; he really has skill.

Il a réussi à éviter tous les obstacles, il a vraiment de l'adresse.

To a good listener, greetings!

When he said that, it was his address to those who weren't listening.

Quand il a dit cela, c'était son adresse pour ceux qui n'écoutaient pas.