Business French – What Are Some Common Professions Called in French?

Welcome to the Business French course.

To start us off, here is a list of ten common professions, with the male and female versions. You’ll notice not all jobs have two versions and sometimes the word is the same.

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:

accountant	Show le comptable, la comptable
architect	Show l’architecte
builder	Show le constructeur, la constructrice
dentist	Show le dentiste, la dentiste
director	Show le directeur, la directrice

Part 2:

doctor	Show le médecin, la médecin
electrician	Show l’électricien, l’électricienne
engineer	Show l’ingénieur, l’ingénieure
estate agent	Show l’agent immobilier, l’agente immobilière
graphic designer	Show le créateur graphique, la créatrice graphique