Paperwork
PACS
Read as a wordOfficialB1Meaning
pacte civil de solidarité
The union contract between two people, simpler than marriage, signed at the town hall. It has produced a verb: se pacser.
How it is said
pacs
Gender and article
un PACS · masculine
Where you meet it
An administrative form, a tax return, a conversation.
Example
Déclaration de PACS : les deux partenaires se présentent en mairie avec une pièce d'identité.
Civil partnership (PACS) declaration: both partners come to the town hall with an identity document.
In the DELF
reading B1
Watch out
Read « pacs », masculine. The participle « pacsé » is lowercase and agrees: elle est pacsée.
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