French business and work vocabulary: 489 words
Office, meetings and business vocabulary for the workplace (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese). This page lists 40 of them with their French translations, then lets you practise the full set in either direction with spaced repetition.
English to French: the first 40 words
| English | French | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| work | travail | |
| job | emploi | |
| office | bureau | |
| company | entreprise | |
| meeting | réunion | |
| boss | patron | |
| colleague | collègue | |
| employee | employé | |
| manager | directeur | |
| team | équipe | |
| client | client | A business relationship: person/company you provide professional services to. |
| customer | client | |
| project | projet | |
| deadline | date limite | |
| report | rapport | |
| phone call | appel | |
| computer | ordinateur | |
| desk | bureau | |
| document | document | |
| contract | contrat | |
| salary | salaire | |
| interview | entretien | |
| résumé | CV | One-page summary of work history and skills for job applications. |
| experience | expérience | |
| skill | compétence | |
| career | carrière | |
| promotion | promotion | |
| department | département | |
| schedule | emploi du temps | |
| appointment | rendez-vous | |
| presentation | présentation | |
| customer service | service client | |
| invoice | facture | |
| budget | budget | |
| profit | profit | |
| sales | ventes | |
| marketing | marketing | |
| goal | objectif | |
| task | tâche |
449 more words in the full “Work & Business” library, each aligned across seven languages and scheduled for you by spaced repetition. Add it to your account and start drilling English to French in one click.
What to watch out for in French
- 231 of these 489 words are near-identical in English and French (47%) —
client,document,expérience. Those are free; the value of drilling is in the rest. - Accents count. Answers are graded accent-sensitively, so you need
àâçéèêîïô— LinguaSwap shows a one-tap keypad for them while you type. - 143 words carry a usage note in the full library, for the cases where a direct translation would mislead you.
Practise French business and work vocabulary
Words come back just before you would forget them, and every language direction is tracked separately.