Transport
SNCF
Letter by letterOfficialA1Meaning
société nationale des chemins de fer français
The railway company in France. Its name is on stations, tickets and delay announcements: « la SNCF vous informe que... ».
How it is said
ès-èn-cé-èf
Gender and article
la SNCF · feminine
Where you meet it
A station, a ticket, a loudspeaker announcement, a booking website.
Example
La SNCF vous informe que le train 6214 à destination de Lyon aura 15 minutes de retard.
SNCF informs you that train 6214 to Lyon will be 15 minutes late.
In the DELF
listening A1 · reading A1
Watch out
Feminine: la SNCF. Spelled letter by letter, and the final F is pronounced « èf ».
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