French Conversation · Level 106
60 words
French word
démissionner
Pronunciation
IPA/demisjone/
Meaning
- verbresign
Example
Elle a démissionné pour des raisons personnelles.
She resigned for personal reasons.
More examples
Elle menace de démissionner si les choses ne changent pas.
She threatens to resign if things do not change.
Core concept
A person steps away from a job or office after formally signaling the departure.
Common phrases
démissionner pour des raisons personnelles
resign for personal reasons
Similar words
quitter: Go away from a place or leave someone one is associated with.
partir: Leave a specific place.
licencier: Terminate an employee's contract and dismiss them from work.
abandonner: Stop carrying out a responsibility or task before completing it.
Definition in French
Quitter volontairement un emploi ou une responsabilité en remettant ou en annonçant sa démission.
Word origin
French démissionner comes from the noun démission, which derives from Latin dimissio, a release or sending away, from dimittere.
Usage tips
- Démissionner is normally intransitive and takes de before the position, as in démissionner de son poste.