chômage

== French == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) chommage === Etymology === From chômer +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃo.maʒ/ Homophone: chaumage === Noun === chômage m (plural chômages) idleness unemployment Synonym: (France, informal) chômedu être au chômage ― to be unemployed chômage frictionnel ― frictional unemployment chômage structurel ― structural unemployment chômage conjoncturel ― cyclical unemployment chômage technique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) chômage partiel ― furlough ==== Related terms ==== chômeur ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: șomaj ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === “chômage” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762). “chômage” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35). “chômage” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-). “chomage”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “chômage”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “chomage” in Dictionnaire Le Robert. “chômage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012