Professional French Vocabulary
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Whether you commute to a traditional 9 to 5 desk job or work at home with a computer and a cat on your lap, this French vocabulary will help you set up, navigate, and talk about your office.
| employee | un/e employé/e | |
| manager | un directeur, une directrice | |
| receptionist | un/e réceptionniste | |
| secretary | un/e secrétaire | |
| binder | un classeur | |
| book | un livre | |
| briefcase | un porte-documents | |
| calculator | une calculatrice | |
| cell phone | un mobile | |
| computer (informal) laptop tablet |
un ordinateur un ordi un portable une tablette |
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| desk | un bureau | |
| earbuds | des écouteurs | |
| le mél, le courriel | ||
| eraser | une gomme | |
| fax machine | un télécopieur | |
| file folder | une chemise | |
| filing cabinet | un classeur | |
| headphones | des écouteurs | |
| highlighter | un surligneur | |
| inbox | le courrier arrivé | |
| meeting | la réunion | |
| microphone | le microphone | |
| monitor | le moniteur | |
| mouse | la souris | |
| office | un bureau | |
| outbox | le courrier départ | |
| paper piece of paper both sides |
le papier une feuille de papier recto verso |
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| paper clip | un trombone | |
| pen | un stylo | |
| pencil | un crayon | |
| screen | un écran | |
| speakers | les haut-parleurs | |
| staple | une agrafe | |
| stapler | une agrafeuse | |
| telephone | un téléphone | |
| video call | un téléconférence |
Office verbs
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| to attend | assister | |
| to calculate | calculer | |
| to call | téléphoner appeler |
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| to read | lire | |
| to type | taper | |
| to work | travailler | |
| to write | écrire |
Expressions
- être au rendez-vous – to be on time for an appointment
- faire l’école buissonnière – to skip work
- métro, boulot, dodo – the rat race
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