Business French – What Are Basic Economic Terms in French?

In this lesson, we learn vocabulary and terms that are useful for talking about the economy.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for the following:

Part 1:

average salary	Show le salaire moyen
currency	Show la devise
economic crisis	Show la crise économique
economy	Show l’économie
employment rate	Show le taux d’emploi

Part 2:

Euro zone	Show la zone euro
European Union	Show l’Union européenne
exports	Show les exportations
gross domestic product	Show le produit intérieur brut
growth	Show la croissance

Here are more words for talking about the economy in French:

Part 3:

imports	Show les importations
income tax	Show un impôt sur le revenu
inflation	Show l’inflation
investment	Show l’investissement
maximum working hours	Show la durée légale du travail

Part 4:

productivity	Show la productivité
profit	Show le profit
profit margin	Show le taux de marge
revenue	Show les revenus
tax	Show la taxe

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