Grammatical class
Adjective
tel
such
Details
Syllables
tel
Phonetics
tɛl
Grammatical class
Adjective
Freq. (books)
3039
Freq. (movies)
3996
Freq. (news)
720
Variants
Sentences
Tel père, tel fils.
Like father, like son.
A1
Tel grain, tel pain.
Like the grain, do the bread.
A1
C'est tel que c'est.
It is how it is.
A1
Ça fait un tel bail !
It has been such a long time.
A1
Être, ou ne pas être : telle est la question.
(literally, “ […] such is the question.”)
A2
Tom est tel un virus.
Tom is like a virus.
A2
Rien de tel n'est vrai.
Nothing of the sort is true.
A2
C'est un tel frimeur !
He is such a show off.
B1
Ne sois pas un tel froussard !
Don't be such a wimp!
B1
Personne n'achètera un tel taudis.
Nobody will buy such a hovel.
B1
Vous attendiez-vous à un tel succès ?
Did you expect such success?
B1
Rien de tel ne se reproduira.
Nothing like that will happen again.
B2