Everyday life
ONU
Read as a wordOfficialB1Meaning
Organisation des Nations unies
The United Nations, read as a word: « l'ONU ». The French acronym is not the English UN, and it is a reading trap.
How it is said
onu
Gender and article
l'ONU · feminine
Where you meet it
The TV news, an article, a history textbook.
Example
L'ONU appelle à un cessez-le-feu immédiat.
The UN (ONU) calls for an immediate ceasefire.
In the DELF
listening B1 · reading B1
Watch out
Read « onu », feminine, with elision: l'ONU. Many international acronyms change in French: OTAN for NATO, OMS for WHO.