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/dʒɔb/
Translation
job
Word origin
Borrowed in the twentieth century from English 'job', used informally in French alongside the native travail and emploi. The English word is of uncertain origin.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- job
- English cognates
- job
Grammar
Examples
' .
He found a summer job in a restaurant.
paie , .
This job does not pay very well, but I like it.
.
She is looking for a small job to pay for her studies.
.
My brother changed jobs last month.
C' , horaires .
It is a good job, but the hours are tough.
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Grammar articles
(19)Avoiding the Passive in French: on, se and the Active Recast
French Adjectives and Nouns with à or de
French Concession Clauses: However It Turns Out
The French Conditional Perfect: j'aurais fait, elle serait venue
How to Say Therefore, So, Thus and Hence in French
How to Say However, Although, Even Though and Despite in French
French Demonstrative Pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles
Reported Speech in French: Tense Backshift (dit que, a dit que)
The French Future Perfect: futur antérieur
quand + Future: The Tense English Refuses
French Negation Beyond pas: ne... que, ni... ni, aucun
French Noun Gender: Why Every Noun Is Le or La, and the Endings That Give It Away
French Noun Plurals: Add -s, Say Nothing - the Article Does the Work
Sequencing French Past Tenses: Passé Composé, Imparfait and Plus-que-parfait Together
French Relative Pronouns After a Preposition: lequel, auquel, duquel
French Slang and Verlan: How French People Actually Talk
French Stressed Pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles
The French Subjunctive After Doubt, Emotion and Opinion
The French Subjunctive in Relative Clauses
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