Languages › French French Expressions with An and Année Idiomatic French expressions Share Flipboard Email Print Utamaru Kido/Moment/Getty Images French Vocabulary Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar Resources For Teachers By ThoughtCo Team Updated on April 08, 2017 The French words un an and une année both mean "year" (what's the difference?) and are also used in many expressions. Learn how to say school year, the sixties, on average, and more with this list of expressions with an and année.de ___ ans (e.g., un enfant de 3 ans, une voiture de 10 ans)___-year-old (e.g., 3-year-old child, 10-year-old car)en l'an ___ avant Jésus-Christ(in the year) ___ BCen l'an ___ de notre ère(in the year) ___ ADen l'an de grâce ___in the year of Our Lord ___les ans l'ont courbé (literary)he's become hunched with ageavoir 25 ansto be 25 (years old)bon an mal anon averagecourbé sous le poids des ans (literary)bent under the weight of agele jour de l'AnNew Year's Dayle nouvel anNew Year's Day, the new yearl'outrage des ans (literary)the ravages of timele premier de l'anNew Year's Day, the first of the years'en moquer / s'en soucier comme de l'an quaranteto not care less about, to not give a darn about2 fois par an, 3 fois par an... twice a year, three times a year...les années 60, 70, 80...the sixties, seventies, eighties...une année bissextileleap yearune année civilecalendar yearune année-lumièrelight yearune année sainteHoly yearune année scolaireschool yearBonne Année !Happy New Year!Bonne Année et bonne santé !Happy New Year (and good health)!C'est à des années-lumières de mes préoccupationsIt's the last thing on my mind.Lesson: an vs année | Dates in FrenchMore: French expressions | Confusing pairs Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Team, ThoughtCo. "French Expressions with An and Année." ThoughtCo, Dec. 6, 2021, thoughtco.com/french-expressions-with-an-and-annee-1368644. Team, ThoughtCo. (2021, December 6). French Expressions with An and Année. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/french-expressions-with-an-and-annee-1368644 Team, ThoughtCo. "French Expressions with An and Année." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/french-expressions-with-an-and-annee-1368644 (accessed March 27, 2023). copy citation