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On this page, we are going to show you all the things you want to know about the basic French idiom “Mille mercis”.
More precisely, this includes a full explanation of what it is and how to use it in everyday life with an audio example. As well as the cool informations we added like slow pronunciation audio, synonyms, dialogue example and more!
Oh and before I forget, you can also find more idioms tutorials like this one on this page plus the list of all our French words pages on this page. Wishing you a good learning!
The literal meaning is:
We will dedicate this article to “Mille mercis” and the other ways to express powerful gratitude, when a simple “Merci” (Thanks) is not enough.
Typically, when you received a huge gift or someone did something amazing for you. So much that a simple “Thank you” would sound almost insulting!
We will see in another article a complete guide of the more classic ways to say simply “thank you” in French, don’t worry!
Imagine someone offers you an amazing gift and your heart is full of gratitude. Then instead of a classic “Merci.” you can use “Mille mercis !” (A thousand thanks!) or any other variations you will find in the next section.
All of them are fine with formal contexts, so you can use them in a professional environment too.
Powerful gratitude:
Normal gratitude:
