Housing

RDC

AbbreviationOfficialA1

Meaning

rez-de-chaussée

Street level, where you come in. In France it does not count as a floor: the « 1er étage » is above it. The abbreviation is on lift buttons and adverts.

How it is said

rez-de-chaussée

Gender and article

le RDC · masculine

Where you meet it

A lift button, a property advert, an intercom.

Example

Appartement au RDC avec jardin, sans vis-à-vis.

Ground-floor (RDC) flat with garden, not overlooked.

In the DELF

reading A1 · listening A2

Watch out

Never said « èr-dé-cé »: read rez-de-chaussée. The trap for a Taiwanese reader: the French RDC is Taiwan's first floor, and the French 1er étage is the second.

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