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What does 'Quelle taille faites-vous ?' mean in a clothing shop?

It means What size do you wear?

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  1. What size do you wear? ✔
  2. What color do you want?
  3. What is the price?

Why: Quelle taille asks what size. To ask about color you would use couleur, and for price, prix.

Huh, didn't know that: French sizes use numbers like taille 40, which is not the same as a US 40.

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Why did the shirt ask about my taille? It wanted to know my size, not my story.
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Answer: What size do you wear?. Quelle taille asks what size. To ask about color you would use couleur, and for price, prix.

  1. Le Robert, taille dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/taille
    Grandeur, grosseur et conformation (du corps) par rapport aux vêtements. Cette veste n'est pas à ma taille
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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