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SOCIAL TITLES IN FRENCH
Les titres de civilité en français.
Mademoiselle
GANIAT SODEKE

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Social titles are used to either add social value to a
name or replace it. E.g. Hello Mr Oludele / Hello Mr;
There are many social titles in French; most are
used in formal settings such as meetings and
business engagements;
They are used when addressing people for the first
time or addressing a professional in a given field ;
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Each social title act in place of first names,
so we omit the use of social titles when using
both first and last names;
Below are some of the most common social
and courtsey titles which everybody may be
reffered to:
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« Monsieur »
It means Mister or Mr. (abbreviated)
It is a male title for both married and
unmarried men
It is used to address men in a more formal
way
E.g. Bonjour Monsieur (Hello/Goodday Sir
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« Madame » or abbreviated as « Mme »
Madame refers to Missus or Mrs in English
It is used to address any married woman
It could also be used to address any woman
whom we do not know the marital status of
E.g. Bonjour, Madame «hello/goodday ma »
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« Mademoiselle» or the abbreviated « mlle »
Mademoiselle refers to Miss in English;
It is used to address any woman who is not
married;
E.g. Bonjour Mademoiselle SODEKE « Hello
Miss» to an unmarried lady.
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Social titles are used to address people out of
politeness of social convention;
Not been sensitive of their proper use can be
offensive, so it is important to pair the right
social title with the right person;
The common social title are dropped if an
academic or professional title is used;
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Professional titles are very common in french
language so we often refer to people by their
occupation followed by their surname;
An example of the aforementioned:
A teacher will normally be called « professor
Oludele » which leterally mean Teacher Oludele.
This is used in place of Monsieur Oludele « Mr.
Oludele
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For occupations in the Judicial system,
we use the title «maître» which means
master or the abbreviated « Me » to
mean Master
For example, to address a lawyer, we may
say « maître Agboola » which means
Barrister Agboola
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The same pattern goes for religious titles. For
example, to address a male priest, we will say
père which means “father”
E.g. Père Francis « Father Francis »
The list of social titles in french are
inexhaustive as they are used for different
types of people
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They are used to address people of nobility, for heads of
state and many more.
Below are few more examples of social titles
Comte – count
Comtesse – countess
Duc- duke
Duchess- duchess
Sa majesté – His/Her majesty
Son excellence – His/Her Excellency
Reverend – reverend
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magnifique! Now that you know the common
social titles in French, you will be polite and
courteous to anyone you may meet on your
journey in a french speaking environment
J’espere que vous-avez bien profité du cours
français aujourd'hui, alors on se verras à la
prochaine leçon.
A bientôt.
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