Everyday life
max.
AbbreviationStandardA2Meaning
maximum
The abbreviation of maximum, on an instruction or a sign: 8 personnes max., 20 kg max. In speech, plain « max » has become a word: « deux heures max ».
How it is said
maximum
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A sign, an instruction, regulations, a conversation.
Example
Bagage cabine : 10 kg max., dimensions 55 x 35 x 25 cm.
Cabin baggage: 10 kg max., dimensions 55 x 35 x 25 cm.
In the DELF
reading A2 · listening A2
Watch out
With a dot in careful writing, without in written speech (« max »). Its opposite is min., minimum.