French word

coordonnée

Pronunciation

IPA/koɔʁdone/

Meaning

  • feminine nouncontact information

Example

Donne-moi tes coordonnées, s'il te plaît.

Please give me your contact information.

Illustration for coordonnée (contact information)

More examples

J'ai enregistré tes coordonnées dans mon téléphone.

I saved your contact information in my phone.

Core concept

A set of locating details that fixes where a person or thing can be found.

Common phrases

  • fournir ses coordonnées

    provide one's contact information

  • enregistrer ses coordonnées

    save one's contact information

  • supprimer ses coordonnées

    delete one's contact information

Similar words

numéro: Digits that identify the person to call.
adresse: A person's postal or street location for letters or visits.
e-mail: An address identifying the recipient of an email.
contact: The person who serves as the point of contact.

Definition in French

Donnée indiquant comment joindre une personne, souvent utilisée au pluriel pour regrouper téléphone, courriel et adresse.

Word origin

French coordonnée is related to coordonner, from Latin coordinare, 'to arrange in order', and its locating sense preserves the idea of ordered reference points.

Usage tips

  • In the contact sense, coordonnée is normally plural: 'les coordonnées'; the singular often refers to a mathematical or geographic coordinate.

Other meanings

  • coordinatenoun

Related words

  • coordonnateurcoordinatornoun
  • coordinationcoordinationnoun
  • coordonnécoordinatedadjective

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