Time

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The noun time is most often translated as either: fois, heure, or temps, though other translations are possible.

French translations

fois

  • How many times have you been there?
  • Everyone will get in, one at a time!


à la fois = at the same time

temps

En français il n'y a pas forcément de distinction entre time et tense en grammaire. En anglais, "time" désigne l'écoulement du temps réel, "tense" parle plutôt des marques morphologique du temps dans la grammaire (-ed, -ing, gonna', etc.)

à temps = in time

l'heure

  • What ( *a / *the / Ø ) time is it?
  • What's ( *a / the / *Ø ) time?
  • Do you have #(the) time? as-tu l'heure?
    • #Do you have (the) time to... t'as le temps de...?

à l'heure = on time


grammatical key

  • (x) correct with or without x
  • *(x) correct with x, incorrect without x
  • #(x) correct with x, without x the meaning is different, though the sentence remains grammatical.

Idioms

  • It's high time + SUBJ: It's high time she stand on her own two feet.
  • It's high time + remote past: It's high time we were going. (Allons nous en, vite.)

Adages

  • Time flies when you're having fun.
  • A stitch in time saves nine.