écouter/e.ku.te/
verb · A1 · Frequency 220
verb
Meanings
to listen, to pay attention to sounds
Can be used both intransitively to mean listening and transitively to mean listening to something or someone.
Examples
J'aime écouter le bruit de la pluie contre les fenêtres.
I like listening to the sound of rain against the windows.
Avant de répondre, elle préfère écouter attentivement la question.
Before answering, she prefers to listen carefully to the question.
Les enfants vont écouter une histoire avant de dormir.
The children are going to listen to a story before going to sleep.
Collocations
- écouter attentivementto listen attentively
Common mistakes
J'ai écouté un film hier soir.
J'ai regardé un film hier soir.
écouter normally means listening to sounds; for watching a film, learners should use regarder rather than écouter.
Related words
- synonymentendreto hear
- synonymregarderto watch
antonymignorerto ignore
verb
Meanings
to listen, to pay attention to sounds
Can be used both intransitively to mean listening and transitively to mean listening to something or someone.
Examples
En écoutant attentivement, elle a compris les consignes.
By listening carefully, she understood the instructions.
Écoutant le bruit de la pluie, il s'est peu à peu endormi.
Listening to the sound of the rain, he gradually fell asleep.
En écoutant son collègue, la responsable a repéré le problème.
By listening to her colleague, the manager identified the problem.
verb
Meanings
to listen, to pay attention to sounds
Can be used both intransitively to mean listening and transitively to mean listening to something or someone.
Examples
J'ai écouté attentivement les consignes du guide.
I listened carefully to the guide's instructions.
Nous avons écouté le bruit de la pluie pendant une heure.
We listened to the sound of the rain for an hour.
Le podcast écouté ce matin m'a donné une idée.
The podcast listened to this morning gave me an idea.
Collocations
- écouter attentivementto listen attentively
Common mistakes
J'ai écouté un film hier soir.
J'ai regardé un film hier soir.
écouter normally means listening to sounds; for watching a film, learners should use regarder rather than écouter.
Related words
- synonymentendreto hear
- synonymregarderto watch
antonymignorerto ignore
verb
Meanings
to listen, to pay attention to sounds
Can be used both intransitively to mean listening and transitively to mean listening to something or someone.
Examples
Écoute attentivement les consignes avant de commencer.
Listen carefully to the instructions before starting.
Écoute le bruit de la pluie contre la fenêtre.
Listen to the sound of the rain against the window.
Écoute la télévision pendant que je prépare le dîner.
Watch television while I prepare dinner.
verb
Meanings
to listen, to pay attention to sounds
Can be used both intransitively to mean listening and transitively to mean listening to something or someone.
Examples
Tu écoutes attentivement les instructions du professeur.
You listen carefully to the teacher's instructions.
Quand tu écoutes de la musique, tu oublies souvent l'heure.
When you listen to music, you often forget the time.
Le soir, tu écoutes la télévision avec ta famille.
In the evening, you watch television with your family.
Collocations
- écouter attentivementto listen attentively
Common mistakes
J'ai écouté un film hier soir.
J'ai regardé un film hier soir.
écouter normally means listening to sounds; for watching a film, learners should use regarder rather than écouter.
Related words
- synonymentendreto hear
- synonymregarderto watch
antonymignorerto ignore