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PDG
Letter by letterStandardB1Meaning
président-directeur général
The person who runs a public limited company and chairs its board. In the press, it is the word for the boss of a big company.
How it is said
pé-dé-gé
Gender and article
le PDG · masculine
Where you meet it
A business article, the TV news, an organisation chart.
Example
Le PDG du groupe a annoncé 200 embauches pour l'an prochain.
The group's CEO announced 200 new hires for next year.
In the DELF
listening B1 · reading B2
Watch out
Said pé-dé-gé, never read as a word. La PDG in the feminine, the acronym unchanged.
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