Dinner – le dîner

To remember that Dinner is pronounced dee-nay (dîner) in French, use the following mnemonic:

They had dinner, but they had to denail (dîner) it first.

Dîner is masculine, so it's le dîner. Imagine our early learner serving dinner.

Examples of dîner (dinner) in a sentence

Le dîner est prêt!

(Dinner is ready!)

Veux-tu rester pour dîner?

(Would you like to stay and have dinner?)

Merci de m'avoir emmené dîner dehors.

(Thank you for taking me out to dinner).