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French office reception vocabulary: explore the visitor area
Learn eight French words for office reception, including the visitor badge and register, then follow a short arrival and waiting sequence.
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In short
At office reception, le comptoir d’accueil is the reception counter, le registre des visiteurs is the visitors’ book and le badge is your visitor pass. Signez ici means “Sign here”; Attendez dans le fauteuil means “Wait in the armchair”. Explore eight objects used during a visit.
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Your first minute at reception
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Le rendez-vous de dix heures
Sam arrive pour son rendez-vous de dix heures. La réceptionniste lui dit : « Bonjour. Écrivez votre nom dans le registre, puis signez ici. Le stylo est à côté du téléphone. » Sam signe. La réceptionniste lui donne un badge. « Mettez le badge sur votre veste et attendez dans le fauteuil, s’il vous plaît. » Sam pose son sac près de lui. La réceptionniste appelle sa collègue. Le rendez-vous commence dans quelques minutes.
Sam arrives for his ten o’clock appointment. The receptionist says: “Hello. Write your name in the book, then sign here. The pen is next to the telephone.” Sam signs. The receptionist gives him a badge. “Put the badge on your jacket and wait in the armchair, please.” Sam puts his bag beside him. The receptionist calls her colleague. The appointment starts in a few minutes.
signez: sign; appelle: calls.
A bureau can be an office or a desk. In this visitor area, ask for l’accueil when you need reception. Learn un accueil and un fauteuil with their masculine articles. To describe where you are waiting, say Je suis dans le fauteuil près du comptoir.