s'il te plaît

See also: s'il te plait

French

Alternative forms

• s’il te plait (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s‿il tə plɛ/, (contracted) /s‿tə plɛ/

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Phrase

s’il te plaît

1. (informal) please (as a request)

Usage notes

S’il te plait is used toward a single person whom one addresses using tu. For formal situations and people one would address using vous, as well as to multiple people, s’il vous plaît is used.

References

• “s'il te/vous plaît”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.