ne l'appelez pas

don't call him/her/it

→ ne

phrase Rare #42,104

don't call him/her/it A negative command using vous or plural imperative. Depending on context, it can mean “don't call someone” by phone or “don't call/refer to someone or something” by a particular name or title. The pronoun l' can mean le or la.

FR: Ne l'appelez pas par son prénom.

EN: Don't call him by his first name.

Ne l'appelez pas.

Don't call him.

— Intouchables (2011)

Mais ne l'appelez pas sainte.

But don't call her a saint.

— La grande bellezza (2013)

Ne l'appelez pas ainsi.

Don't call him that.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Ne l'appelez pas comme ça.

Don't call him that.

Ne l'appelez pas maître.

Don’t call him master.