chômage

Meaning

1. idleness
2. unemployment

Concepts

unemployment

unemployed

joblessness

structural unemployment

idleness

jobless

on the dole

out of work

redundant

employ

employment

not working

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃo.maʒ/

Etymology

From chômer + -age.

Sentences

Il y avait encore des zones de fort chômage .

There were still areas of high unemployment.

Aujourd’hui , les femmes seniors sont plus au chômage que les hommes seniors .

Today, senior women are more unemployed than senior men.

Différentes causes sont identifiées , notamment les conditions d’emploi, emploi précaire et chômage .

Different causes are identified, including employment conditions, precarious employment and unemployment.