150 Essential French Startup and Entrepreneurship Words for Building Your Business

French vocabulary for marketing work: le marketing, la publicité, la marque, le produit, le consommateur, la cible. Covers branding and campaigns, digital channels and the metrics that get reported back to a client.

French phrases for professional email, where conventions are stricter than in English: Madame, Monsieur, je vous écris pour vous informer, veuillez trouver ci-joint. Plus requests, follow-ups and polite refusals.

French vocabulary for finance work: la banque, le compte courant, le compte épargne, le livret A, le relevé de compte. Covers banking and payments, investing and markets, and the terms used in statements and reports.

French legal terminology as it appears in practice: le droit, la loi, le Code civil, le Code pénal, la jurisprudence, le décret. Covers court procedure, recurring contract clauses and criminal against civil vocabulary.

French vocabulary for building and renovating: la rénovation, la construction, la réparation, l'entrepreneur, le maçon, l'architecte. Covers tools and materials and explaining a job to a contractor.

French phrases for the phone, where there is no body language to help: puis-je parler à…?, c'est de la part de qui?, j'appelle au sujet de ma commande. Covers messages, transfers and customer service calls.

French for working in hospitality rather than eating out: le serveur, le chef cuisinier, le commis de cuisine, le sommelier, le maître d'hôtel. Plus station names and the phrases used with guests up to the bill.

French IT terminology for working on a francophone team: le logiciel, le matériel, le programme, le système d'exploitation, le serveur, le réseau. Covers programming and code review, databases and infrastructure.

Medical French for staff treating French-speaking patients: le patient, l'infirmier, le chirurgien, l'anesthésiste, le cardiologue. Covers symptoms, diagnoses and treatments plus the vocabulary for taking a history.

French vocabulary for journalism: le journaliste, le reporter, le correspondant, l'envoyé spécial, le rédacteur en chef. Covers press and broadcasting formats and the words for attributing a source in a report.

French vocabulary for international relations, where wording is deliberately precise: la diplomatie, l'ambassadeur, l'ambassade, le consulat, le ministère des Affaires étrangères. Plus treaties and negotiation terms.

French academic vocabulary for studying at a French university: université, étudiant, professeur, cours, campus, semestre, diplôme, bourse. Covers lectures and essays plus enrolment, deadlines and campus admin.