For example, Monsieur le Directeur (Mr. Director) or Madame la Directrice (Madam Director). When emailing someone you are in informal terms with, you can simply start your email with “Salut + the name” followed by some pleasantries. For example: Salut, Marianne !

Ways to sign-off or say goodbye in French:

1. à bientôt = (see) you soon.
2. affectueusement = affectionately (love)
3. à la prochaine = until next time.
4. à tout à l’heure = toodeloo.
5. amicalement = (literally: “in a friendly way”) yours, best wishes, regards.
6. amitiés sincères = sincere regards.

How to Sign off an Email in French

1. Dans l’attente de votre réponse (formal)
2. Veuillez recevoir, Monsieur/Madame, mes salutations distinguées (formal)
3. Veuillez agréer l’expression de mes sentiments respectueux (formal)
4. Cordialement (formal/semi-formal)
5. Respectueusement (formal/semi-formal)
6. Amitiés (informal)

If you’re not acquainted with the recipient, use Bonjour monsieur / madame,, meaning ‘Hello Sir / Ma’am’. When writing to your boss, you should use the formal ‘you’, which is vous in French….Formal Greetings.

attach

1. (= join) [object, rope, label] attacher ⧫ fixer. [document, letter, list, form] joindre. to attach sth to sth. They attached a rope to the car. Ils ont fixé une corde à la voiture.
2. (= assign) [importance] attacher ⧫ attribuer.
3. ( Military) (= place on duty) [troops] affecter.

The formule d’appel (roughly, “formal greeting”) You start your email with a formule d’appel (formal salutation). This can be as simple as “Madame,” or “Monsieur,” if the recipient doesn’t know you, or “Cher Monsieur,/Chère Madame,” (“Dear Sir,/Dear Madam,”) if the recipient knows you.

Initial Greetings

e-mail

1. e-mail address adresse f électronique ⧫ courriel m.
2. e-mail message courriel m ⧫ e-mail m.
3. e-mail traffic trafic m de messagerie ⧫ trafic m de courriels.

noun. British a slang term for condom.

billet-doux. / (ˌbɪlɪˈduː, French bijɛdu) / noun plural billets-doux (ˌbɪlɪˈduːz, French bijɛdu) old-fashioned, or jocular a love letter.

“love letter” translation into French

1. billet doux.
2. lettre d/’amour.

If you are writing to someone you know, you met, or if you are answering to someone who wrote you first, then you can start with “Cher Monsieur X,” or “Chère Madame X,” or even “Chère Mademoiselle X”. Use this French salutation you feel like being a bit more friendly, not if you are writing to complain!

The act of loving in return

They did not like being bested, but it was precisely his obstinate redamancy that kept them going in all its forms. Lovers, he had aplenty but true redamancy would always elude him. Their mutual redamancy would trump all challenges that befell them.