French Conversation · Level 44
75 words
French word
procédure
Pronunciation
IPA/pʁosedyʁ/
Meaning
- feminine nounprocedure
Example
Quelle est la procédure pour obtenir un passeport ?
What is the procedure for obtaining a passport?
More examples
Il faut respecter la procédure pour être remboursé.
The procedure must be followed to receive a refund.
Core concept
An official route whose required stages must be completed in the prescribed order.
Common phrases
procédure administrative
administrative procedure
procédure d'inscription
registration procedure
procédure de remboursement
reimbursement procedure
Similar words
démarche: A planned series of actions aimed at achieving a goal.
façon: A way of doing something or behaving.
formalité: A required document or formal requirement in a process.
Definition in French
Suite d'étapes officielles et ordonnées à suivre pour accomplir une formalité, surtout dans un cadre administratif ou juridique.
Word origin
French procédure is an inherited administrative term ultimately linked to Latin procedere, to advance, with the noun referring to the way an action formally proceeds.
Usage tips
- Procédure is more formal and rule-based than démarche, while processus usually describes a process or development rather than a required legal formality.
Other meanings
- processnoun
Opposites
- improvisationimprovisationnoun
- spontanéitéspontaneitynoun
Related words
- procéduralproceduraladjective
- procédémethodnoun