No. 8,461 in French
adresser
"Adresser" means "to address" or "to send" in English.
In a sentence
Je vais adresser une requête à la mairie.
I am going to address a request to the town hall.
Here, 'adresser' means 'to send' or 'to direct' in a formal manner, typically involving correspondence.
Elle a adressé un sourire chaleureux à ses invités.
She addressed a warm smile to her guests.
In this context, 'adresser' means 'to direct' or 'to give,' illustrating a figurative conveyance of an action or gesture to a recipient.
Nous devons adresser ce problème rapidement avant qu'il ne devienne incontrôlable.
We must address this issue quickly before it becomes uncontrollable.
Here 'adresser' is used to mean 'to tackle' or 'to deal with,' indicating the act of handling a particular situation or problem.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “adresser” in actual French podcasts.
Find “adresser” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays French podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into français, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
French books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).