French word

bloc-notes

Pronunciation

IPA/blɔknɔt/

Meaning

  • masculine nounnotepad

Example

J'ai laissé mon bloc-notes dans la salle.

I left my notepad in the room.

Illustration for bloc-notes (notepad)

More examples

Elle a griffonné l'adresse dans son bloc-notes.

She scribbled the address in her notepad.

Core concept

A small pad of sheets held together at one edge, ready for brief writing.

Common phrases

  • noter quelque chose sur un bloc-notes

    write something down in a notepad

  • un bloc-notes de poche

    a pocket notepad

  • chercher dans son bloc-notes

    look through one's notepad

Similar words

bloc: A stack of sheets bound or glued at the top, sometimes with tear-off pages.
carnet: A small booklet for carrying and writing notes or brief records.
cahier: A bound notebook with many pages for extended study notes or diary entries.

Definition in French

Petit carnet de feuilles, souvent agrafées ou collées d'un côté, destiné à prendre des notes courtes.

Word origin

The compound joins bloc, borrowed from Dutch blok, with notes, from Latin nota through French note, for a block used for notes.

Usage tips

  • Bloc-notes is masculine, so the usual article is un bloc-notes and the plural is des blocs-notes.

Other meanings

  • notebooknoun

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