chômage

See also: chomage and Chômage

French

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) chommage

Etymology

From chômer + -age.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃo.maʒ/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: chaumage

Noun

chômage m (plural chômages)

  1. idleness
  2. unemployment
    Synonym: (France, informal) chômedu
    Le ministre de l’Économie a déclaré qu’il s’attendait aux "très bons" chiffres du chômage.
    The Finance Minister declared that he was expecting "very good" unemployment figures.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: șomaj

See also

References

  1. chômage” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
  2. chômage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

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