Mayor - Maire (The 1876th Most Common French Word)

The translation for Mayor in French is Maire. It is the 1876th most commonly used word in French, classified as a B1 word. It can be used as noun. This word often comes up when talking about society. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Discover all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

English: mayor

French: maire

Examples


The mayor granted our request.	Le maire a accédé à notre demande.
The mayor addressed a large audience.	Le maire s'est adressé à un large auditoire.
We elected him mayor.	Nous l'avons élu maire.
We elected her mayor.	Nous l'avons élu maire.
He was elected mayor again.	Il a été réélu maire.
He was elected mayor.	Il a été élu maire.
He served as mayor.	Il a été maire.
He severely criticized the mayor.	Il critiqua sévèrement le maire.

The mayor will shortly announce his decision to resign.	Le maire va annoncer sous peu sa démission.
The mayor thought that he should investigate the decline in tax revenues.	La maire pensa qu'il devrait enquêter sur la chute des recettes fiscales.
Why should we elect him mayor	Pourquoi devons nous l'élire maire
His father was a mayor, but he didn't want to engage in politics.	Son père était maire, mais il ne voulait pas faire de politique.
The architect secured the mayor's approbation for a new housing project.	L'architecte a obtenu l'approbation du maire pour un projet de logements.
I addressed a petition to the mayor.	J'ai adressé une pétition au maire.
I am also very friendly with the mayor of Plattsburgh, Dan Stewart.	Je suis également très ami avec le maire de Plattsburgh, M. Dan Stewart.
Mayor wants to have a chat down at Center Street.	Le maire veut discuter à Center Street.
Jean-Christophe Fromantin has been mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine since 2008 and representative of the Hauts-de-Seine since 2012.	Jean-Christophe Fromantin est maire de Neuilly-sur-Seine depuis 2008 et député des Hauts-de-Seine depuis 2012.
The Guelph council and mayor want this infrastructure program.	Le conseil municipal et le maire de Guelph comptent sur ce programme d'infrastructure.
Mayors exercise executive power at communal level.	Le maire assure le pouvoir exécutif au niveau communal.
Remember the recent lord mayor of Dublin.	Rappelez-vous le récent maire de Dublin, un lord.
They're predicting this time next week, I'll be the new mayor of pittsburgh.	Ils prédisent qu'à cette heure la semaine prochaine, je serai le nouveau maire de Pittsburg.