|
Abbreviation
|
French
|
Explanation
|
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A/R
|
aller-retour
|
round trip
|
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AV
|
a vendre
|
for sale
|
|
BD
|
bande desinée
|
comic strip books
|
|
BHV
|
Bazar de l´Hotel de Ville
|
major department store
|
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BN
|
Bibliothéque Nationale
|
national library
|
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BNP
|
Banque Nationale de Paris
|
large bank chain
|
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BP
|
boîte postale
|
post office box
|
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CB
|
carte bleue
|
bank payment card associated with VISA
|
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CGT
|
Confédération
Générale de Travail
|
leftish trade union
|
|
CNR
|
Centre National de Recherche
|
national institute for research
|
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CP
|
cour préparatoire
|
kindergarten
|
|
CCP
|
compte chèque postal
|
checking account offered by the post office
|
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CRS
|
Companies for Republican Security
|
riot police
|
|
CV
|
curriculum vitae
|
resumé
|
|
DEA
|
Diplôme d´études approfondies
|
first diploma in doctoral program
|
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EDF
|
Electricité de France
|
electric company of France
|
|
FISC
|
la fiscalité (les impôts)
|
tax collectors
|
|
FN
|
Front National
|
extreme right political party
|
|
GDF
|
Gaz de France
|
the French gas company
|
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HLM
|
Habitation de loyer moderé
|
subsidized housing
|
|
HT
|
Hors taxe
|
before sales tax
|
|
PC
|
petite ceinture
|
ring road around Paris inside of the
Périphérique
|
|
PCF
|
Parti communiste de France
|
Communist Party of France
|
|
PD
|
pederaste
|
perjorative term for homosexual
|
|
PDG
|
président-directeur
général
|
equivalent to CEO
|
|
PQ
|
papier cul (slang)
|
toilet paper
|
|
PS
|
Parti socialiste
|
Socialist Party
|
|
PTT
|
Poste Téléphone
Télégraph
|
former name of post office
|
|
PV
|
procès verbal
|
parking ticket or fine
|
|
RATP
|
Régie Autonome des Transports
Parisiens
|
Paris public transportations system
|
|
RDC
|
rez-de-chausée (seen in elevators)
|
ground floor
|
|
RDV
|
rendez-vous
|
rendervous
|
|
RER
|
Reseau Express Regionale
|
commuter train system
|
|
RF
|
République française
|
the French republic
|
|
RPR
|
Rassemblement pour la République
|
Chirac´s right wing party
|
|
SDF
|
Sans domicile fixe
|
the homeless
|
|
SECU
|
Sécurité Sociale
|
Social Secuity system
|
|
SMIC
|
salaire minimum interprofessionnel de
croissance
|
minimum wage
|
|
SNCF
|
Société nationale de chemins de
fer
|
the national train system
|
|
SPA
|
Société pour la Protection des
Animaux
|
animal protection league
|
|
TGV
|
train de gran vitesse
|
ultra fast train
|
|
TP
|
trésor public
|
national treasury
|
|
TTC
|
tout taxe compris
|
sales tax included
|
|
TVA
|
taxe sur valeur ajouté
|
value added tax/sales tax
|
|
UV
|
unité de valeur
|
course credit
|
|
VF
|
version français
|
film dubbed in French
|
|
VO
|
version originale
|
film shown in its original/often subtitled
|
|
WC
|
water closet
|
toilet
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