Grammatical class

Noun

département

department

Details

Syllables

dé-par-te-ment

Phonetics

de.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

6136

Freq. (movies)

2806

Freq. (news)

683

Sentences

Travaillez-vous dans ce département ?

Do you work in this department?

A1

C'est le patron de notre département.

He is the boss of our department.

A1

Pour quel département travailles-tu ?

What department do you work for?

A1

Notre département est en sous-effectif.

Our department is understaffed.

A1

Il est le chef de mon département.

He is the chief of my department.

A2

J'ai manqué la réunion du département parce que j'étais malade.

I missed the departmental meeting because I was sick.

A2

Il est le chef du département de vente.

He is the head of the sales department.

B1

Mayotte est devenue un département français.

Mayotte became a French department.

B1

Notre département ne dispose pas de cette information.

Our department doesn't have that information.

B2

Où se trouve le département enfants ?

Where's the children's section?

C2