Paperwork
Me
AbbreviationOfficialB2Meaning
maître
The title before the name of a lawyer or notary: Me Garcia. People say « maître », never « monsieur » or « madame », and the word is the same for a woman.
How it is said
maître
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A lawyer's letter, a brass plate, a deed of sale.
Example
Me Garcia, avocate au barreau de Lyon, vous recevra le 9 mai.
Me Garcia, lawyer at the Lyon bar, will see you on 9 May.
In the DELF
reading B2
Watch out
No dot, with a capital: Me. Not to be confused with « me », the pronoun.