l'
/y.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃/
Translation
use, usage
Word origin
From utiliser ('to use') plus the noun suffix -ation. Utiliser goes back to Latin utilis ('useful'), from uti ('to use').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- utilis
- English cognates
- utilise, utility
Grammar
Examples
L' .
Use of the phone is forbidden during class.
'.
This software is simple to use.
L' excessive .
Excessive use of screens worries parents.
is the noun that pairs with the verb utiliser, and it is the everyday word for "use" in formal or written French - instructions, contracts, product packaging. Watch the fixed phrase facile/simple d'utilisation ("easy to use"), a common way of describing a product without needing a separate infinitive construction.
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