Breakdown of Compte tenu de la météo, la municipalité interdit la baignade.
la météo
the weather forecast / the weather
interdire
to forbid
la municipalité
the municipality
la baignade
the bathing
Questions & Answers about Compte tenu de la météo, la municipalité interdit la baignade.
Could I use en raison de instead of compte tenu de in this sentence?
Does tenu change to match the noun if it's feminine or plural, like compte tenu des circonstances?
Why use la baignade here instead of la natation?
La baignade refers to recreational time in the water, like splashing around, wading, or swimming for fun at a beach. La natation refers specifically to the sport or physical exercise of swimming. Official municipal bans use la baignade because they are forbidding people from going into the water at all, not just stopping them from swimming laps.
Is there a reason to use la météo rather than le temps for "the weather"?
You could use either! Le temps is the general word for "the weather". La météo is short for la météorologie (the weather forecast), but in modern French, it is very commonly used to mean the actual weather conditions themselves, especially when those conditions dictate whether an activity can happen.