It's the presidential election year in France! Next week we will discuss the results and the French campaign with former French diplomat and author of the book Macron Unveiled Alain Lefebvre. This discussion will be in French and in order to make the most of this event, we thought we would provide some election related vocabulary. It’s time to whip out your flash cards!
Words that are similar in French and English:
Sénat/senate
Résultat/result
Abstention/abstention
Débat/debate
Référendum/referendum
Le candidat/la candidate//candidate
La démocratie/democracy
L’économie/economy
Election présidentielle/presidential election
Voter/to vote
Un Mandat/a mandate
La Majorité absolue/the absolute majority
Elire/to elect
Un décret/a decree
Premier tour / first round
Second tour/second round (to learn more about the process of the French election click here)
Want to learn more about the French election? Join us on Wednesday, April 27 at 11am!
Une urne
A ballot boxUn isoloir
A polling boothUn bulletin de vote
A ballot paperVoter par procuration
Proxy votingArgumenter
To argueConvaincre
To convinceCote de popularité
Popularity ratingUn sondage
A pollUn électeur
A voterUn militant
An activistUn parrainage
A patronageUn scrutin
A ballotSuffrage universel direct
Direct popular voteUne carte d’électeur
A voter cardLe parti au pouvoir
The party in powerUn vote utile
A useful voteUn vote de protestation (ou de contestation)
A protest voteUn électeur indécis
A swing voterSe rendre aux urnes
Go to the pollsSe porter candidat
Stand as candidate or run for electionFaire un discours
To make a speechSoutenir
To supportExtrême droite/gauche
Far right/leftVoter blanc
To cast a blank vote (To learn more about this practice, see our other election blog post here)Words that are similar in French and English:
Sénat/senate
Résultat/result
Abstention/abstention
Débat/debate
Référendum/referendum
Le candidat/la candidate//candidate
La démocratie/democracy
L’économie/economy
Election présidentielle/presidential election
Voter/to vote
Un Mandat/a mandate
La Majorité absolue/the absolute majority
Elire/to elect
Un décret/a decree
Premier tour / first round
Second tour/second round (to learn more about the process of the French election click here)
Want to learn more about the French election? Join us on Wednesday, April 27 at 11am!
Clémence Bary-Boloré
Cultural Programs Manager / Office Manager
Clémence has a Master’s degree in Cultural Projects Management. She worked in Paris for several years for theater companies. She likes discovering new cultures, people and places, which is why she crossed the ocean to start a new experience in Boston. She is glad to be part of the French Library to promote French culture and language. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, hiking, kayaking and all forms of art!
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