un rencard – Mot du jour

a date – French expression

Part of Mots Du Jour | Valentine’s Day

What does ” un rencard ” mean? How do you say ‘ a date ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com

un rencard can also be spelled with a t at the end - un rencart. Go figure! un rencard is familiar French, and it means ‘a date’. If you want to be more sophisticated, you’d say ‘un rendez-vous amoureux’.

« Je peux pas venir avec toi faire des courses samedi. J’ai un rencard avec Matthieu. J’ai hâte. »
“I can’t go shopping with you on Saturday. I have a date with Mat. I can’ wait.”