Le relevé de compte indique les frais bancaires.

Relevé de compte is a standard fixed expression meaning account statement or bank statement.

Here de + noun works a bit like an English label:

• une carte de crédit
• un numéro de téléphone
• un relevé de compte

Using du compte would sound more specific, more like the statement of the account, referring to a particular account already identified in context. In everyday French, relevé de compte is the normal phrase.

The subject is Le relevé de compte.

That whole noun phrase means the account statement / the bank statement, and it is the thing doing the action of indique.

So the structure is:

• Le relevé de compte = subject
• indique = verb
• les frais bancaires = direct object

Because the subject is singular: Le relevé de compte.

The head noun is relevé, which is singular, so the verb must also be singular:

• Le relevé de compte indique...
• If it were plural: Les relevés de compte indiquent...

Even though compte appears in the phrase, it is not the subject. The main noun is relevé.

French uses articles more often than English.

• Le relevé de compte = the statement
• les frais bancaires = the bank charges / bank fees

In French, you usually cannot just say relevé de compte indique frais bancaires. The articles are needed.

Also:

• le is singular masculine
• les is plural

In this context, frais is normally used in the plural and means fees, charges, or costs.

So:

• les frais bancaires = bank fees / bank charges

French often uses frais in the plural where English might use either singular or plural depending on context.

You may see singular un frais in some specialized uses, but for everyday financial language, learners should think of frais as usually plural.

Because bancaires is an adjective describing frais, and French adjectives must agree with the noun they describe.

Here:

• frais = plural
• so bancaire becomes bancaires

Compare:

• un frais bancaire = a bank fee
• des frais bancaires = bank fees

In French, most adjectives come after the noun, and bancaire is one of them.

So French says:

• les frais bancaires

not:

• les bancaires frais

English often puts adjectives before the noun, but French usually does not. This is one of the most common word-order differences for learners.

Yes. Indiquer is a common verb meaning things like:

• to indicate
• to show
• to state
• to list

In a banking or administrative context, indique often means that the document shows or lists the information.

So in this sentence, it has the sense of:

• The statement shows the bank charges
• The statement lists the bank fees

Yes, but the tone changes a little.

• indique sounds a bit more formal, administrative, or written
• montre is more general and everyday: shows

A bank document is very likely to use indique, because it sounds precise and official.

Because indiquer takes a direct object in this meaning.

So you say:

• indiquer quelque chose
• Le relevé indique les frais

There is no à, de, or other preposition needed here.

This is worth noticing because English learners often expect a preposition where French does not use one.

No. Another common expression is extrait de compte.

Both can refer to an account statement, but usage may vary depending on country, bank, or context.

Broadly:

• relevé de compte = very common for statement
• extrait de compte = also common, often in banking/official language

So this sentence is completely natural, but you may encounter both expressions.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

Le relevé de compte indique les frais bancaires
luh ruh-luh-vay duh kont an-deek lay fray bon-kair

A few useful notes:

• relevé ends with the ay sound
• compte is pronounced roughly like kont
• frais sounds like fray
• bancaires sounds roughly like bon-kair

Also, many final consonants are silent in French, so spelling and pronunciation do not always match closely.

Usually compte means account, especially in banking:

• un compte bancaire = a bank account

In other contexts, French may use different words for bill, such as:

• une facture = an invoice / bill
• l’addition = the restaurant bill

So in relevé de compte, compte definitely means account.

Relevé comes from the verb relever, and in this context it refers to a statement, record, or listing.

So while learners usually translate the whole phrase as account statement, it may help to think of relevé as something like:

• a record
• a report
• a statement

That is why relevé de compte makes sense as a banking term.