Office Vocabulary
Office Vocabulary - What are the Office terms used in French? How do you say them?
List of main objects you’ll find in an office:
* appointment book....m....agenda
* binder....m....classeur
* blotter (paper)....m....buvard
* blotter holder....m....sous-main
* board....m....tableau
* box....f....boite
* calculator....f....calculatrice, calculette
* calendar....m....calendrier
* computer....m....ordi/nateur
* desk....m....bureau (meuble)
* desk chair....m....siège, fauteuil
* drawer....m....tiroir
* eraser, rubber....f....gomme
* external drive....m ....disque externe
* fax machine....m....fax
* file....m....fichier
* folder....m....dossier
* hole puncher....f....perforatrice
* letter opener....m....coupe-papier, ouvre-lettres
* mouse....m....souris
* office....m....bureau (pièce)
* paper clip....m....trombone
* paper cutter ....m/f....massicot
* paper (sheet of)....f....(feuille de) papier
* paper stack....m....paquet de papier
* pen....m....stylo, bic
* pencil....m ....crayon
* pencil (colored)....m....crayon (de couleur)
* pencil-sharpener....m....taille-crayon
* portable device....m ....portable
* printer....f....imprimante
* rubber band....m....élastique
* rug....m....tapis
* shelf....f....étagère
* staple remover....m....dégrafeur
* stapler....f....agrafeuse
* stool....m ....tabouret
* tape dispenser....m....rouleau de scotch[1]
* telephone....m....téléphone
* thumb tack....f ....punaise
* wastepaper bin....f ....corbeille à papier
Work related terms
* away, on a business trip .... ø .... en déplacement
* bonus .... f .... prime
* boss .... m/f .... chef, patron/ne
* contact information, details .... fp .... coordonnées
* deadline .... f .... date butoir
* development .... m .... suivi de projet
* employee .... m/f .... employé/e
* employment .... m .... chômage technique*
* executive .... m/f .... cadre
* overwhelmed .... m/f .... débordé/e
* temporary layoff .... m .... chômage partiel*
* time clock .... f .... pointeuse
* to be fired, sacked (fam) .... ø .... être viré/e
* to be late .... ø .... être en retard
* to clock in/out .... ø .... pointer
* to employ .... ø .... embaucher
* to fire .... ø .... licencier
* to fire, to sack .... ø .... virer
* to leave work (time) .... ø .... débaucher
* to resign .... ø .... démissionner
* to start work (time) .... ø .... embaucher
* to type (on the computer) .... ø .... taper (à l’ordi)
* unemployment .... m .... chômage
* to work .... ø .... travaill
* work .... m .... travail
* work (fam) .... m .... boulot
Related list: Technology Vocab . Business French (premium worksheet) .
[1] French people use the brand name most of the time. I never hear “ruban adhésif” that I read sometimes in text books.
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Use some of this vocabulary every day this week.
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