Module 12 – La vie professionnelle

Première partie : le monde du travail, le vocabulaire

Le Vocabulaire

Woman in Blue Suit Jacket with other colleagues at work
Image via Pexels.com

It’s time to practice the vocabulary for this section! Below this vocabulary list, you’ll find interactive flashcards, spelling practice, and a crossword puzzle to test your knowledge.

Directions: To begin, you’ll review flashcards for key unit vocabulary. Once you feel comfortable with the terms, you’ll have the opportunity to practice what you’ve learned through several interactive activities. Please repeat these activities as much as needed and we encourage you to return to this page throughout the unit to review.
le monde du travail the working world
les affaires (f pl) business
une entreprise / une boîte [slang] firm, business
un bureau office
un client / une cliente client, customer
un métier profession
un emploi / un travail / un job / un boulot [slang] job
un poste à mi-temps/à plein temps half-time/full-time position
un chômeur / une chômeuse unemployed person
le marché du travail job market
les petites annonces (f pl) classified ads
un curriculum vitae (un CV) résumé
un entretien interview
les avantages sociaux (m) benefits (health insurance, retirement plan, etc.)
un salaire salary
les congés vacation days
une promotion promotion
la retraite retirement
un retraité / une retraitée retired person
un boulot a job (familier)
chercher une situation to look for a job
faire une demande d'emploi to apply for a job
prendre un rendez-vous to make an appointment
remplir un formulaire to fill out a form
embaucher / être embauché(e) to hire / to be hired
gérer to manage, direct, organize
gagner sa vie / gagner de l'argent to earn a living / to earn money
payer des impôts to pay taxes
être au chômage to be unemployed
être à la retraite to be retired
postuler to apply for
virer to fire someone (familiar)
renvoyer to fire someone
muter to transfer, move
démissioner to resign/quit
bosser to work hard

Flashcards

Spelling

Crossword

Ten words are displayed at a time. Please refresh the page for a new puzzle with different words.

License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Français inclusif: An Interactive Textbook for French 201 Copyright © 2023 by Department of World Languages, Boise State University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.