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Spell an email address in French: point, arobase and tiret

Edited by Chris Lee · Updated · About the library

Learn the French names for email symbols, spell a surname and correct a dot or hyphen. A printable sheet and short practice check the whole address.

In short

Use point for a dot, arobase for @, tiret for a hyphen and tiret bas for an underscore. Give the address in parts, spell any unclear letters, then ask Pouvez-vous me relire l’adresse complète ?

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Point and arobase help you spell an email address aloud. Illustration: Atelier

Dicter une adresse électronique

1 · Name each symbol

These four names cover the symbols in the examples below.

un pointa dot: .
une arobasean at sign: @
un tireta hyphen: -
un tiret basan underscore: _

Il y a un point entre le prénom et le nom.There is a dot between the first name and surname.

2 · Split the address at @

Give the part before the at sign, then the domain. Read [email protected] as follows.

Lina, point, Morel, arobase, example, point, test.Lina, dot, Morel, at, example, dot, test.

Je vous épelle le domaine : E-X-A-M-P-L-E, point, T-E-S-T.I’ll spell the domain for you: E-X-A-M-P-L-E, dot, T-E-S-T.

3 · Spell the uncertain part

The written name gives the listener something exact to check. For a repeated letter, name the count.

Morel : M-O-R-E-L, avec un seul L.Morel: M-O-R-E-L, with one L.

Emma : E, deux M, A.Emma: E, two Ms, A.

4 · Correct the symbol and its position

Remplacer X par Y gives the direction of the change: remove X and put Y in its place.

Après « lina », c’est un point, pas un tiret.After “lina”, it’s a dot, not a hyphen.

Pouvez-vous remplacer le tiret par un point ?Can you replace the hyphen with a dot?

5 · Hear the whole address again

Ask for the complete read-back so the domain is checked too.

Pouvez-vous me relire l’adresse complète ?Can you read the complete address back to me?

Oui, c’est bien cela. Merci.Yes, that’s right. Thank you.

How do you say an email address in French?

Avant l’envoi du courriel
  1. Employée

    Votre adresse, c’est lina, tiret, morel, arobase, example, point, test ?

    Is your address lina, hyphen, morel, at, example, dot, test?

  2. Lina

    Presque. Entre « lina » et « morel », il faut un point.

    Almost. Between “lina” and “morel”, it needs a dot.

  3. Employée

    Je corrige : lina, point, morel, arobase, example, point, test.

    I’ll correct that: lina, dot, morel, at, example, dot, test.

  4. Lina

    Oui, c’est exact. Pouvez-vous m’envoyer la confirmation à cette adresse ?

    Yes, that’s correct. Can you send the confirmation to that address?

Adresse électronique, adresse e-mail and adresse mail all name the email address. In Pouvez-vous me l’épeler ?, l’ refers to the address. To check one part, name it: Pouvez-vous épeler votre nom ? or Pouvez-vous épeler le domaine ?

Question 1No account needed
Which address matches lina, point, morel, arobase, example, point, test?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

[email protected]. The first separator is a dot; the at sign separates the name from the domain.

Question 2No account needed
Which French name goes with _?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

un tiret bas. Un tiret bas names the underscore; un tiret on its own names the hyphen here.

Question 3No account needed
You say remplacer le tiret par un point. What should the listener do?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Change the hyphen to a dot.. With remplacer X par Y, Y is the replacement. The final separator must be a dot.

Question 4No account needed
How many Ls are in M-O-R-E-L?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Un seul L.. The surname ends in one L: Morel, avec un seul L.

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