What does démarche in French mean?

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

The word démarche in French means gait, walk, approach, step, sell door-to-door, canvass, active approach, administrative procedure, intellectual process, quality procedure, quality control, quality monitoring, fall within an approach. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word démarche

gait, walk

nom féminin (allure, manière de marcher)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous admirions sa démarche légère.
We were admiring his light gait.

approach

nom féminin (méthode, raisonnement)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous cherchions à suivre sa démarche intellectuelle.
We were trying to follow his intellectual approach.

step

nom féminin (intervention)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Elle a fait les démarches nécessaires à son installation. Les démarches pour obtenir la nationalité française sont compliquées.
The processes involved in obtaining French nationality are complicated.

sell door-to-door

verbe transitif (rechercher des clients à domicile)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Les colporteurs démarchent leurs clients.
Peddlers sell to their customers door-to-door.

canvass

verbe transitif (prospecter de nouveaux clients.)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Maintenant, les entreprises démarchent beaucoup par Internet.
These days businesses do a lot of their canvassing via the internet.

active approach

nom féminin (approche, avance)

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

administrative procedure

nom féminin (procédure officielle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il a entamé des démarches administratives pour changer de patronyme.

intellectual process

nom féminin (façon de raisonner)

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

quality procedure, quality control, quality monitoring

nom féminin (approche contrôlant la qualité)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Notre démarche qualité est maintenant reconnue par une accréditation.

fall within an approach

(agir conformément à [qch])

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

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