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NB
Letter by letterOfficialB1Meaning
nota bene, « notez bien »
What opens an important remark, at the bottom of an instruction or a letter: NB : les retardataires ne seront pas admis. It is Latin, read « èn-bé ».
How it is said
èn-bé
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A summons, an instruction, regulations, an email.
Example
NB : aucun document n'est autorisé pendant l'épreuve.
NB: no documents are allowed during the paper.
In the DELF
reading B1
Watch out
In capitals, no dots, followed by a colon: NB : It introduces ONE remark; for several, write them as a list.