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Actualité

By Laura K. Lawless, About.com

Definition: (fem noun) - current events, news

Je ne suis pas vraiment l'actualité - I don't really follow current events.

Veux-tu regarder les actualités ? - Do you want to watch the news?

Related: actuel (adj) - current; actuellement - currently, presently; actualisation - updating; actualiser - to actualize, update

(click the little red + white graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced)
Pronunciation: [ak twa lee tay] Audio Link

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