Languages › French French Vocabulary for Media and Communication Share Flipboard Email Print Florian Plag / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 French Vocabulary Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar Resources For Teachers By ThoughtCo Team Updated on August 26, 2018 Media is all around us and frequently comes up in both casual and professional conversation. Learning French vocabulary for communication and media will help you share ideas in French and understand other French speakers. News les actualités: news l'actualité: current affairs les médias: the media TV and Radio le câble: cable TV la chaîne: channel la chaîne publique: public service station un(e) envoyé(e) spécial(e): special reporter une émission: program le journal: news bulletin le lecteur de DVD: DVD player le magnétophone: tape recorder le magnétoscope: VCR la publicité: advertisement la radio: radio le reporter: reporter la retransmission: broadcast la télé: TV la télévision: television Print Media le journal: newspaperle/la journaliste: reporterle kiosque: newsstandle magazine: magazinela petite annonce: classified adla revue: scholarly or informational publication, journal Computer le courriel, email, mél: emaille fournisseur d'accès à Internet: ISP (internet service provider)l'Internet: internetle Minitel: public access information system created by France Télécomle navigateur: (internet) browserun ordinateur: computer Letter Writing une adresse: addressla boîte aux lettres: mailboxla carte postale: postcardle courrier: (snail) maille destinataire: recipient, "To:"une enveloppe: envelopel'expéditeur: sender, "From:"la lettre: letterle paquet, le colis: packagela poste: post officele timbre: stamp On the Phone While there are specialized vocabulary words related to using the phone, there are also a number of useful phrases that are commonly used when talking on the phone. la cabine téléphonique: telephone boothle fax: fax (machine)la messagerie vocale: voice maille mobile: cell phonela pièce (de monnaie): coinle répondeur: answering machinela télécarte: phonecardle téléphone: telephone Communication Verbs appeler: to calldire: to sayécouter la radio: to listen to the radioécrire: to writeenvoyer (par la poste): to mail, sendenvoyer par email: to emailenvoyer par fax, faxer: to faxlire: to readtéléphoner à: to call Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Team, ThoughtCo. "French Vocabulary for Media and Communication." ThoughtCo, Dec. 6, 2021, thoughtco.com/media-and-communication-1371299. Team, ThoughtCo. (2021, December 6). French Vocabulary for Media and Communication. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/media-and-communication-1371299 Team, ThoughtCo. "French Vocabulary for Media and Communication." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/media-and-communication-1371299 (accessed March 31, 2023). copy citation