French Vocabulary: Office and Computing

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Last Updated: June 5, 2023

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Hate Math? Don't worry. We're not doing any kind of computing here.

Instead we'll learn some vocabulary related to the office where all the computing is done.

No need to get your hands dirty with complicated numbers. You don't even need to work in an office to get the hang of things. Just learn the phrases and words below which you may need to carry around if you're heading to France.

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French Vocabulary Office and Computing
Le personnel administratifClerical staff
Le personnel de bureauOffice staff
Le chef de bureau Office manager
L’employé de bureau (m/f) Office worker
Le secrétariat
Secretariat
Le/la secrétaireSecretary
Le/la secrétaire bilingue Bilingual secretary
Le/la stagiaire Trainee
Le programmeur/la programmeuseProgrammer
L’informaticien/l’informaticienneComputer expert
Le gardeSecurity guard

Le bureau
Office, desk
L’immeuble de bureaux (m)Office block
La salle d’attenteWaiting room
La salle de conseil Board room
La salle de conférence Conference room
La salle d’exposition
Exhibition hall
Le bureau paysagerOpen plan office
Le siège principal Head office
Le siège social Head office
Les locaux (m) Premises
La climatisationAir-conditioning
La cantine Canteen
Les heures de bureau (f)Office hours

Le matériel du bureau Office equipment
Les fournitures de bureau (f)
Office supplies
Les articles de bureau (m) Office supplies
Le mobilier de bureau
Office furniture
La chaise tournante Swivel chair
La corbeille à papierWaste-paper basket
Le bac à correspondanceCorrespondence tray
La panneau d’affichageNotice board
Le styloPen
Le crayonpencil
Le taille-crayonPencil sharpener
Le stylo-feutre
Felt-tip pen
Le stylo à cartoucheCartridge pen
Le stylo à réservoir Fountain pen
Le marqueur Marker pen
Le surligneur Highlighter
La gommeEraser
La colleGlue
Le scotch®Scotch tape ®
Les ciseaux (m)Scissors
Le liquide correcteurCorrecting fluid
La papeterieStationery
L’encre (f)Toner
La cartoucheCartridge
Le carboneCarbon copy
Le ruban Ribbon
Faire un double de To duplicate
polycopierTo duplicate
En double exemplaire In two copies
Envoyer par faxTo fax
L’agrandissement (m) Enlargement
L’agenda de bureau (m) Desk diary
La lampe de bureau
Desk lamp
Le bloc-notes Desk pad
Le livre de comptes Accounts book
Le livre de caisse Cash book
Le grand livre
Ledger
La carnet de commandes Order book
Le bulletin de commandeOrder form, order slip
L’interphone (m)Intercom
La calculatriceCalculator
Le photocopieur Photocopier
Le télécopieur Fax machine
La télécopieFax

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L’informatique (f)Computing
Le réseauNetwork
La station de travailWork-station
La programmation Programming
L’ordinateur de bureau (m)Desk-top computer
L’ordinateur portable (m)Lap-top computer
Le moniteur couleurColour monitor
La machine de traitement de texteWord-processor
L’imprimante (f)Printer
L’imprimante laser (f)Laser printer
L’imprimante couleur (f)Colour printer
la machine a écrire a mémoire Memory typewriter
La programmationProgramming
La mémoire d’ordinateurComputer memory
Le courrier électronique / le courriel Email
Tomber en panneTo crash
Le langage machineComputer language
Lisible par ordinateurMachine-readable
La copie papierHard copy
La fenêtreWindow
Le caractèreCharacter
Le caractère majusculeCapital letter
Le caractère minusculeLower-case letter
En caractères gras In bold
En caractères italiquesIn italics
Le pointFull stop
L’apostrophe (f)Apostrophe
La virguleComma, decimal point
Le point d’interrogationQuestion mark
Le tiretDash
Le pointilléDotted line
Le soulignementUnderlining
Les guillemets (m)Quotes
La parenthèseBracket
L’accolade (f)Curly bracket
La faute de frappeKeyboard error
Le CD-ROM CD-ROM
Interactif Interactive
Le clavierKeyboard
L'écranMonitor
Disque dur externeExternal hard disk
Le disque FlashFlash Disk
La souris Mouse

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    • Pour powerpoint, c’est le nom d’un logiciel (software) donc on utilise powerpoint. Mais beaucoup de gens parlent d’une présentation (je fais une présentation), on peut aussi dire “une prez”.

      Pour smartboard on utilise le mot tableau blanc interactif.

  • SVP, c’est quoi la différence entre un stage et une formation? Dans le livre de texte, les deux sont traduits comme un training. J’ai une idée, mais j’aimerais être sûre pour bien expliquer à mes étudiants. Merci.

  • Your article is very helpful. Can you help us more with the french word for flash disc, keyboard, external hard disk and other jargon for computer and internet.

  • Bonjour! I love your French vocabulary lists. Very helpful indeed. I was wondering if you were planning on doing a list for social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.)? I teach middle school (grade 7, 12-year-olds), and I’d love to know the vocabulary for social media. I have a feeling a lot of it might be anglicisms or saying the English term with a French accent, but I’m sure there must be popular French ways of saying certain terms.

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