paramètre
setting
The French word 'paramètre' is used to mean setting in the context of configurations or preferences in a system or device, for example in the settings menu of a phone or computer. It's not used to refer to the background or circumstances in which a story or action takes place, for that you would use the French word 'cadre'.
Example sentences using: paramètre
Je vais ajuster le paramètre pour vous.
I am going to adjust the parameter for you.
This sentence is an example of someone offering to adjust a setting or parameter for someone else, useful in contexts such as software management or machine operation.
Le paramètre de sécurité doit être renforcé.
The security parameter must be strengthened.
In this sentence, the speaker is making a declaration about the necessity to improve or strengthen a security setting or parameter, whether literal or metaphorical.
Ce n'est pas le bon paramètre
This is not the correct parameter.
Here, the speaker is indicating that a certain element of a system, referred to as the 'parameter', is not correct or is inappropriate in the current context.