bill – l'addition

(Pronounced a-di-see-on)

To remember that bill is pronounced a-di-see-on (l'addition) in French, use the following mnemonic.

The waiter brought the bill in one hand and a dish with seeds on (addition) in the other. 

Examples of addition (bill) in a sentence

Bonjour, l'addition, s'il vous plaît.

(Hello, the check, please.)

Le garçon m'a donné l'addition.

(The waiter gave me the bill.)

Je voudrais payer l'addition.

(I would like to pay the bill.)