utile

Elle cherche l’utile dans chaque objet.
She looks for the useful in every object.
Ce guide est utile pour préparer le voyage.
This guide is useful for planning the trip.
Il préfère l’utile à l’agréable.
He prefers what is useful to what is pleasant.
Tes conseils me seront utiles.
Your advice will be useful to me.
Nous voulons joindre l’utile à l’agréable.
We want to combine the useful with the pleasant.

Similar words

profitable

avantageux

pratique

Cette carte est très utile.
This map is very useful.
Tes conseils me seront utiles.
Your advice will be useful to me.
Il est utile de garder le reçu.
It is useful to keep the receipt.
Elle se rend utile auprès de ses voisins.
She makes herself useful to her neighbors.
Ce guide est utile pour préparer le voyage.
This guide is useful for planning the trip.

pratique

profitable

avantageux

Il préfère l’utile à l’agréable.
He prefers what is useful to what is pleasant.
Nous voulons joindre l’utile à l’agréable.
We want to combine the useful with the pleasant.
Dans ce cours, l’utile passe avant le décoratif.
In this class, usefulness comes before decoration.
Elle cherche l’utile dans chaque objet.
She looks for the useful in every object.
Le débat oppose l’utile au superflu.
The debate pits the useful against the unnecessary.

From Latin utilis, from uti, “to use”.

What does utile mean?

Useful or helpful for a purpose.

Can it describe a person?

Yes. A person can se rendre utile, make themselves helpful.

Can it come after il est and an infinitive?

Yes. Il est utile de garder le reçu means keeping the receipt is useful.

Is utile masculine or feminine?

No. The singular remains utile; the plural is utiles.

What is its opposite?

Inutile means useless.

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