Level B1 (Intermediate)
🎧 Audio by Marie Assel Cambier — native speaker & pro voice artist from France
Today’s French Word of the Day is la démarche. In this lesson you learn its:
✅ Meaning
✅ Pronunciation
✅ Example sentences
✅ Related Words & Expressions
📘 Meaning
La démarche is a feminine noun that literally means “way of walking” or “gait.” But in everyday French, it’s often used figuratively to describe a person’s approach or way of doing things.
For example, la démarche artistique means “artistic approach,” and la démarche intellectuelle refers to a thought process or method. It’s a great word for talking about how someone moves forward — whether in actions or ideas.
🎧 Pronunciation of la démarche
IPA: /de.maʁʃ/ — listen and repeat to practice.
📝 3 French and English Examples
La démarche (approach)
Sa démarche est lente à cause de son âge.
Her walk is slow because of her age.
Quelles sont vos démarches pour résoudre le problème ?
What steps are you taking to solve the problem?
Elle a entrepris les démarches pour obtenir son passeport.
She began the process to get her passport.
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Related words & expressions
- une méthode – a method, structured way of doing something
- une approche – an approach or perspective
- un processus – a process or series of steps
- une stratégie – a strategy or plan of action
- entreprendre – to undertake or begin something (often formal or purposeful)
- réfléchir à – to reflect on or think about
- un raisonnement – reasoning or line of thought
- un objectif – a goal or objective
- mettre en œuvre – to implement or put into action
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