chômage

See also: chomage and Chômage

French

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) chommage

Etymology

From chômer +‎ -age.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chômage m (plural chômages)

  1. idleness
  2. unemployment
    Synonym: (France, informal) chômedu
    être au chômageto be unemployed
    chômage frictionnelfrictional unemployment
    chômage structurelstructural unemployment
    chômage conjoncturelcyclical unemployment
    chômage technique(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    chômage partielfurlough

Descendants

  • Romanian: șomaj

See also

References

  1. ^ Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “chômage”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
  2. ^ chômage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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