offices in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for offices in the English»French Dictionary

I.office [Brit ˈɒfɪs, Am ˈɔfɪs, ˈɑfɪs] N

1. office (room or place of work):

office

bureau m

the accounts office

le service comptable

doctor's/dentist's office Am

cabinet m médical/dentaire

lawyer's office

étude f de notaire

lawyer's office

cabinet m de notaire

to work in an office

travailler dans un bureau, être employé/-e de bureau

the whole office knows

tout le bureau est au courant

a day at the office

une journée au bureau

a day at the office attr equipment, furniture, staff, job

de bureau

to go on an office outing

sortir avec les gens de son bureau

2. office (position):

office

fonction f

office

charge f

to perform the office of

remplir les fonctions de

to be in or hold office president, mayor:

être en fonction

to be in or hold office minister:

avoir un portefeuille

to be in or hold office political party:

être au pouvoir

to take office president, mayor:

entrer en fonction

to take office political party:

arriver au or prendre le pouvoir

to go out of office or leave office president, mayor:

quitter ses fonctions

to go out of office or leave office minister:

perdre son portefeuille

to go out of office or leave office political party:

perdre le pouvoir

to stand Brit or run Am for office

être candidat aux élections

to rise to high office

être promu à un poste élevé

3. office REL:

office

office m

the office for the dead

l'office des morts

II.offices N npl

1. offices (services):

offices form

offices mpl

offices form

aide f

through their good offices

par leurs bons offices

2. offices Brit (of property):

‘the usual offices’ (including outbuildings)

‘cuisine f et dépendances fpl ’

‘the usual offices’ (in smaller house)

‘cuisine f et salle f de bains’

tourist office, tourist information office N

tourist office (in town)

syndicat m d'initiative

tourist office (national organization)

bureau m de tourisme

tourist office (national organization)

office m de tourisme

tax office N

tax office

perception f

branch office N

branch office

agence f

box office N CINE THEAT

1. box office (ticket office):

box office

guichet m

box office takings

recettes fpl des guichets

2. box office fig:

to do well/badly at the box office

être bien/mal accueilli au box office

to be good box office show:

faire recette

to be good box office person:

attirer les foules

attr a box office success/failure

un succès/échec au box office

to be a box office attraction

attirer les foules

booking office N Brit

booking office

bureau m de location

careers office N

careers office

service m d'orientation professionnelle

central office N COMM

central office (of company)

siège m (social)

elected office N

elected office

fonction f élective

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médiature

mediation services offices

offices in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for offices in the English»French Dictionary

office [ˈɒfɪs, Am ˈɑ:fɪs] N

1. office (room for working):

office

bureau m

to stay at the office

rester au bureau

the finance office

le bureau des finances

a doctor's office Am

un cabinet de médecin

2. office (authoritative position):

office

fonction f

to hold office

être au pouvoir

to hold office minister, mayor

être en fonction

to be out of office

ne plus être au pouvoir

to come into office

arriver au pouvoir

tourist (information) office N

tourist (information) office

office m de tourisme

office supplies N pl

office supplies

fournitures fpl de bureau

office building N Am

office building → office block

See also office block

office block N Aus, Brit

office block

complexe m de bureaux

booking office N Brit

booking office

bureau m de location

post office N

post office

bureau m de poste

office equipment N

office equipment

équipement m de bureau

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messenger in offices

coursier(-ière) m (f)

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cumul de mandats

holding of several offices

des locaux (bureaux)

offices pl

offices Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to do sth out(side) of office hours

faire qc en dehors des heures de bureau

to be out of town/the office

ne pas être en ville/au bureau

there was nothing resembling a post office

il n'y avait pas un bureau de poste à l'horizon

how near is the post office?

à quelle distance se trouve la poste?

offices of the Prime Minister of the French Republic

hôtel Matignon

to be out of the office

être absent du bureau

to convert a room into an office

transformer une pièce en bureau

office of the secretary of state

secrétariat d'État

what time do you leave the office?

à quelle heure sors-tu du bureau?

to go to the post office

passer à la poste

offices Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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bureau d’aide sociale

social assistance office

DDASS

departmental health and social affairs office