Everyday life
SDF
Letter by letterStandardB1Meaning
sans domicile fixe
A person living on the street, without a home. The acronym has become a noun: « un SDF », « les SDF ». Charities prefer to say « personne sans abri ».
How it is said
ès-dé-èf
Gender and article
un SDF · masculine
Where you meet it
A press article, a charity poster, an oral exam topic.
Example
La ville ouvre 200 places d'hébergement d'urgence pour les SDF cet hiver.
The city is opening 200 emergency shelter places for homeless people (SDF) this winter.
In the DELF
reading B1 · speaking B2
Watch out
Gender follows the person: un SDF, une SDF, and the plural takes no s. Said ès-dé-èf.