French word

coordonner

Pronunciation

IPA/koɔʁdone/

Meaning

  • verbcoordinate

Example

Il faut coordonner le planning de l'équipe.

It is necessary to coordinate the team's schedule.

Illustration for coordonner (coordinate)

More examples

Nous devons coordonner nos efforts pour respecter la date limite.

We must coordinate our efforts to meet the deadline.

Core concept

Separate people, schedules, or tasks are brought into alignment so that their parts work as one system.

Common phrases

  • coordonner les efforts

    coordinate efforts

  • coordonner une équipe

    coordinate a team

Similar words

organiser: To prepare by defining the overall structure and dividing responsibilities.
gérer: To oversee the progress of work or events and resolve problems.
planifier: To determine the order and timing of actions beforehand.
synchroniser: To make several movements or schedules occur simultaneously.

Definition in French

Mettre en relation et régler les détails entre plusieurs intervenants ou activités pour qu'ils fonctionnent ensemble.

Word origin

The verb comes from Medieval Latin coordinare, built from co- for 'together' and ordinare for 'put in order'.

Usage tips

  • In French, coordonner takes a direct object, as in coordonner le planning, without a preposition before the thing being coordinated.

Opposites

Related words

  • coordinationcoordinationnoun
  • coordinateurcoordinatornoun
  • coordonnécoordinatedadjective

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