Paperwork
Cedex
Read as a wordOfficialC1Meaning
courrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle
The word that follows the town name in the address of a large company or administration: it means the mail is delivered as a priority. You copy it as is, you do not translate it.
How it is said
cédex
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
An administration's address, an envelope, a letterhead.
Example
Caisse d'allocations familiales, 75650 Paris Cedex 14.
Family benefits office, 75650 Paris Cedex 14.
In the DELF
reading C1
Watch out
An acronym read « cédex », written with a single capital. It is used ONLY in addresses: it is never said.