Expressing dimensions and measurements (numbers) : French language revision

There are two ways to express notions of height, length, width and depth in French:

faire [dimension] de haut, de long, de large, de profondeur

Ce bâtiment fait 30 mètres de haut.
Ce bâtiment fait 30 mètres de hauteur.
This building is 30 metres tall.

Ce lit fait 2 mètres de long.
Ce lit fait 2 mètres de longueur.

This bed is 2 metres long.

Ma chambre fait 4 mètres de large.
Ma chambre fait 4 mètres de largeur.

My bedroom is 4 metres wide.

Cette piscine fait 5 mètres de profondeur.
This swimming-pool is 5 metres deep.

Note that while the forms de hauteur, de longueur, de largeur can also be used (though less commonly), you can NEVER say de profond.

être + haut de/long de/large de/ profond de [dimension]

Ces baignoires sont longues de 2 mètres.
These bathtubs are 2 metres long.

Ce bâtiment est haut de 30 mètres.
This building is 30 metres tall.

Ma chambre est large de 4 mètres.
My bedroom is 4 metres wide.

Cette piscine est profonde de 5 mètres.
This swimming-pool is 5 metres deep.

Note that in this case the adjectives haut/long/large/profond agree in gender and number with the subject they refer to.

Case of measurements

Cette pièce fait 10 mètres sur 4.
This room is 10 by 4 metres.

Note: to indicate measurements, you use faire [dimension] sur (by) [dimension].

Examples and resources

Ce lit est long de 2 mètres.
This bed is 2 metres long.

Ma chambre est large de 4 mètres.
My bedroom is 4 metres wide.

Cette piscine fait 5 mètres de profondeur.
This swimming-pool is 5 metres deep.

Ma chambre fait 4 mètres de large.
Ma chambre fait 4 mètres de largeur.

My bedroom is 4 metres wide.

Ces baignoires sont longues de 2 mètres.
These bathtubs are 2 metres long.

Ce bâtiment est haut de 30 mètres.
This building is 30 metres tall.

Ce bâtiment fait 30 mètres de haut.
Ce bâtiment fait 30 mètres de hauteur.
This building is 30 metres tall.

Ces baignoires font 2 mètres de long.
Ces baignoires font 2 mètres de longueur.

These bathtubs are 2 metres long.

Ce lit fait 2 mètres de long.
Ce lit fait 2 mètres de longueur.

This bed is 2 metres long.

Cette piscine est profonde de 5 mètres.
This swimming-pool is 5 metres deep.

measurements

Cette pièce fait 10 mètres sur 4.
This room is 10 by 4 metres.

Q&A

Chris

Kwiziq community member

19 October 2018

19/10/18

You misspelled longueur. Could that be the problem?

Marnie

Kwiziq community member

19 October 2018

19/10/18

ha ha ha! that indeed could be! merci chris!

Ron

Kwiziq community member

1 October 2017

1/10/17

Bonjour Nicholas, Since the complete response was not posted with your question, I imagine that the incorrectness of the response had to do with the verb choice used. If possible, would you repost the complete response phrase to give a better example of your concern. Merci en avance,

Nicholas

Kwiziq community member

5 December 2017

5/12/17

I had the same issue. I think the quiz needs updating to bring into agreement with the lesson.

Aurélie

Kwiziq language super star

10 January 2017

10/01/17

Bonjour Meghna ! Yes, it is absolutely acceptable as well !

Meghna

Kwiziq community member

10 January 2017

10/01/17

Thank you. Unless I made some other mistake - when the response given to a test question as 2m instead of meters it was marked as wrong. Hence my wuery

Aurélie

Kwiziq language super star

12 January 2017

12/01/17

Bonjour Meghna !

I've looked through your history, and the mistake I found was as follows:
La voiture de Jim fait ________. (Jim's car is 2 meters wide.)
You wrote "2 metres" instead of "2 mètres de large" :)
And in another test, your answer was "2m de" missing "large".

I hope that's helpful!

Meghna

Kwiziq community member

6 May 2017

6/05/17

Back with this one. My answer was ´2 m de large´ (Copy /pasted ) but was marked wrong. I don't get it?