Merci de votre appel

Question

In the example with Merci de votre appel, is de votre a kind of shorthand or contraction of d’avoir appelé?

Céline Pickard · Accepted Answer

Bonjour Allison,
"Merci de votre appel" is not a contraction or shorthand for "d’avoir appelé". It’s just the preposition "de" followed by a possessive adjective and a noun.
 
In English, it's very common to use a [verb+ing] form (called a gerund) after expressions like "thank you for...". This is "called" is a verbal noun, functioning grammatically as a noun but retaining the meaning of an action. French does not use the verb+ing equivalent in the same way. Instead, it often substitutes a concrete noun.

Merci de votre appel ! = Thank you for calling!
Merci de votre aide ! = Thank you for your help!

However, you could use L'Infinitif Passé in French:

Merci d'avoir appelé ! = Thank you for calling!
Merci de m'avir aidé ! = Thank you for helping me!

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/how-to-use-merci-de-pour-to-say-thank-you-for
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !

Rhonda Mattern · Answer

To put it simply, "un appel" is a noun meaning a (phone) call, so this means "thanks for your call"