French-English Business Glossary
The following is a list of various French business terms and phrases taken from the main
French dictionary. The terms cover fields such as commerce, finance,
administration, marketing etc.
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c v (Internet, SMS) cadre nm (Internet) frame cahier nm (Commerce, Industry) ~ des charges specifications caisse nf (Finance) fund calme a (Commerce, Stock Exchange etc) quiet business, flat market campagne nf (Pol, Mil, Marketing etc) campaign;
(Marketing) ~ commerciale marketing campaign; (Marketing etc) ~ de presse press campaign; (Marketing) ~ publicitaire, ~ de publicité advertising campaign, publicity drive; (Marketing) ~ de vente sales campaign, sales drive cannibalisation nf (Commerce) losing of market share cannibaliser vt (Commerce) to eat into the market share of a product capital nm (Finance) capital, assets capitalistique a (Finance) capital-intensive caractéristique nf
(Administration) ~s signalétiques particulars, personal details carnet nm
~ d'adresses address book (also Internet), company address list carte nf (Finance, Commerce) card cartel nm (Commerce) cartel cartellisation nf (Commerce) formation of cartels CDD nm (Administration) fixed-term contract CDI nm (Administration) permanent contract chaîne nf
(Business) ~ logistique supply chain chaîne nf (Commerce) chain chalandage nm (Commerce) shopping chalandise nf (Commerce) market radius change nm (Finance) exchange chapitre nm (Finance etc) heading, item charte nf
(Comput, Internet) style sheet chat nm (Comput, Internet) chat chèque-cadeau nm (Commerce, Internet) gift voucher, gift token chiffreur nm (Commerce) payments coding clerk clip nm (Marketing) promotional video, promo (Infml) cliquable a
(Internet) image ~ image map, clickable image code nm
(Finance) ~ assujetti TVA VAT registration number; (Finance) ~ SICOVAM share registration code coefficient nm
(Administration) ~ d'occupation des sols planning density commerce nm (Commerce) trade, commerce; (Internet) le ~ sur Internet Internet commerce, e-commerce commerce nm (Commerce) business communication nf (Business) advertising, product awareness comptabilité nf (Finance) ~ de matières stock record comptable a (Finance) book-keeping, accounting work, machine comptant nm (Business) ~ contre documents cash against documents, CAD comptoir nm (Finance) bank conditions nfp (Administration, Internet) terms, conditions, terms and conditions connecté a (Internet) connected, on line conseil nm (Commerce, Finance) consultant, adviser consommation nf (Commerce) consumption consultation nf
(Administration) ~ régionale regional consultation cookie nm (Comput, Internet) cookie cote nf (Commerce, Administration) classification mark, serial number on goods cote nf (Stock Exch) share index cote nf (Commerce) quoted value (of second-hand car) coter vt (Stock Exch) to quote a share price coupon nm (Finance) ~ (de dividende) coupon couverture nf (Finance) cover, margin créance nf (Finance, Administration) (financial) claim créancier nm (Finance) creditor crédit nm (Finance) credit crédit nm (Finance) credit institution crédit-bail nm (Finance, Administration) lease créditer vt (Finance) to credit somebody, an account (de, with) créditeur a (Finance) account in credit créditeur nm (Finance, Business) customer in credit créer vr (Business) se ~ une clientèle to build up a customer base créneau nm (Marketing) niche, gap in the market cybercafé nm (Comput, Internet) Internet café cybercommerce nm (Internet) e-commerce cyberspace nm (Internet) cyberspace
All dictionary and editorial content written by Neil Coffey. Copyright (c) Javamex UK 2007. All rights reserved.
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