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Office supplies vocabulary

Office supplies vocabulary

Le bureau

This page provides a complete list of French office vocabulary including words for office supplies. In addition to to the office, many of these products are also school supplies. While most of the words are unique to the French language, some of them are taken directly from English, such as, “photcopier”, which means to photocopy and “le fax”, for fax machine.

Office
  • le bureau office, desk
  • l’ordinateur computer
  • le téléphone telephone
  • la chaise tournante swivel chair
  • le meuble-classeur filing cabinet
  • la corbeille arrivée in-file
  • le fax fax
  • l’enveloppe envelope
  • le bloc-notes notepad
  • l’agenda personal organizer
  • les agrafes staples
  • le perforateur hole puncher
  • l’élastique rubber band/elastic
  • le panneau d’affichage notice board
  • agrandir to enlarge
  • la corbeille à papier wastepaper basket
  • le meuble à tiroirs drawer unit
  • le carnet notebook
  • la corbeille départ out-tray
  • l’imprimante printer
  • la fiche compliments compliments slip
  • le porte-dossiers concertina file
  • le dossier-classeur box file
  • le scotch scotch tape
  • le cachet rubber stamp
  • la pince à dessin large clip
  • la punaise thumb tack
  • photocopier to photocopy
  • le clavier keyboard
  • le tiroir drawer
  • le classeur file
  • le fax fax machine
  • l’en-tête letterhead
  • le clipboard clipboard
  • le dossier suspendu hanging file
  • l’agrafeuse stapler
  • le dévidoir de scotch scotch tape dispenser
  • le tampon enceur ink pad
  • le trombone paper clip
  • imprimer to print

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