Salary, wage - Salaire (The 1015th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Salary, wage is Salaire. It can be used as noun. This word often comes up when talking about occupation. It is classified as a A2 word, and is the 1015th most common word in French. You can listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon, 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: salary, wage

French: salaire

Examples


His high salary enabled him to live in comfort.	Son salaire élevé lui a permis de vivre dans le confort.
The company exploited its workers through low wages.	La compagnie exploitait ses travailleurs en leur payant un salaire très bas.
Job security is a priority over wages.	La sécurité de l'emploi est prioritaire sur le salaire.
The manager advanced him two weeks' wages.	Le patron lui a avancé deux semaines de salaire.
My monthly wage is 300,000 yen.	Mon salaire mensuel est 300 000 yen.
I'm content with my salary.	Je suis satisfait de mon salaire.
The union won a 5% wage increase.	Le syndicat a gagné une augmentation de salaire de 5%.
He earns a good salary.	Il reçoit un bon salaire.

He gets a good salary.	Il reçoit un bon salaire.
He would not raise my salary.	Il n'augmenterait pas mon salaire.
He is earning twice my salary.	Il gagne deux fois mon salaire.
She gets a high salary.	Elle jouit d'un bon salaire.
She complained about my low salary.	Elle se plaignit de mon salaire modeste.
He earns twice my salary.	Il gagne deux fois mon salaire.
The minimum wage in Okinawa is 642 yen per hour.	Le salaire horaire minimum à Okinawa est de 642 yens.
I'm satisfied with my salary.	Je suis satisfait de mon salaire.
Tom has a decent salary.	Tom a un salaire décent.
He receives a high salary.	Il perçoit un salaire élevé.
They're barely paid minimum wage.	Ils reçoivent à peine le salaire minimum.
There's no minimum wage here.	Il n'y a pas de salaire minimum, ici.
Germany has no minimum wage.	L'Allemagne ne dispose pas d'un salaire minimum.