What does comité in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word comité in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use comité in French.

The word comité in French means committee, central management, central management body, advisory board, welcoming committee, welcoming committee, works council, joint consultative committee, works council, research committee, Comité d'Études, management team, executive team, management meeting, review panel, steering committee, steering group, editorial board, support committee, events committee, steering committee, executive committee, management committee, editorial committee, editorial board, executive committee, inter-ministerial committee, International Olympic Committee, in a small group, go before a committee, appear before a committee, sub-committee. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word comité

committee

nom masculin (personnes déléguées)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le comité des fêtes du village se réunit samedi.
The village fete committee is meeting on Saturday.

central management, central management body

nom masculin (institution représentative du personnel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le comité central d'entreprise est l'organe qui représente le personnel des différents établissements d'une même société.

advisory board

nom masculin (assemblée de personnel donnant des avis)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce comité consultatif porte un jugement éthique sur cette nouvelle pratique médicale.

welcoming committee

nom masculin (personnes recevant [qqn])

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

welcoming committee

nom masculin (figuré (personnes prêtes à en découdre) (figurative, ironic)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

works council

nom masculin (France (organisme social d'entreprise)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Certains comités d'entreprise proposent des voyages à prix intéressants.
Some works councils offer their members competitively priced trips.

joint consultative committee, works council

nom masculin (groupe représentant le personnel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le comité d'établissement est une subdivision à l'échelle d'un établissement d'un comité d'entreprise.

research committee

nom masculin (cercle d'analyse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Comité d'Études

nom propre masculin (France (structure guerrière de recherche) (French)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Crée en 1917, le Comité d'études présente des mémoires traitant des futures frontières.

management team, executive team

nom masculin (entreprise : groupe de tête)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Avec cette promotion, tu entreras au comité de direction.
This promotion means you will be on the management team.

management meeting

nom masculin (réunion des membres de direction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le comité de direction se tiendra jeudi prochain.
There will be a management meeting next Thursday.

review panel

nom masculin (groupe évaluant des manuscrits)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les articles scientifiques sont soumis aux comités de lecture.

steering committee, steering group

nom masculin (instance de contrôle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le comité de pilotage gère un projet d'entreprise.

editorial board

nom masculin (groupe veillant à la ligne rédactionnelle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le comité de rédaction a décidé de changer la une du journal suite au décès du joueur de football.

support committee

nom masculin (association d'aide à une cause)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

events committee

nom masculin (service des célébrations)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

steering committee, executive committee, management committee

nom masculin (équipe dirigeante)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le comité directeur de la société s'est réuni pour définir les différentes activités à venir.

editorial committee, editorial board

nom masculin (groupe garant de la politique éditoriale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le comité éditorial se réunit pour discuter des sujets traités par la publication.
The editorial board is meeting to discuss subjects the publication deals with.

executive committee

nom masculin (groupe chargé des mises en application)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

inter-ministerial committee

nom masculin (groupe politico-administratif)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les différents ministres du gouvernement forment un comité interministériel.

International Olympic Committee

nom masculin (organe décisionnaire olympique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

in a small group

locution adverbiale (en petit groupe, avec peu de personnes)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Ces décisions se prennent en petit comité.

go before a committee, appear before a committee

locution verbale (être étudié par un comité)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

sub-committee

nom masculin (subdivision de comité)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La commission d'étude a défini trois sous-comités.

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