Work
CDD
Letter by letterOfficialA2Meaning
contrat à durée déterminée
The employment contract with an end date: six months, a year. It can be renewed at most twice, then becomes a CDI or ends.
How it is said
cé-dé-dé
Gender and article
un CDD · masculine
Where you meet it
A job advert, a contract, a payslip.
Example
Remplacement en CDD de six mois, renouvelable.
Six-month fixed-term replacement (CDD), renewable.
In the DELF
reading A2 · listening B1
Watch out
Masculine: un CDD. In speech, people often say « être en CDD », without an article.
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