service

service [sɛʀvis] nm (gén) → service (= série de repas);

premier service → first sitting (= pourboire); service (charge) (= assortiment de vaisselle); set, service (= linge de table); set (= bureau) [de la vente etc] → department, section (= travail);

pendant le service → on duty;

services nmpl (= travail), (Écon) → services, inclusive/exclusive of service;

faire le service → to serve;

être en service chez qn [domestique] → to be in sb's service;

être au service de [+ patron, patrie] → to be in the service of;

être au service de qn [collaborateur, voiture] → to be at sb's service;

porte de service → tradesman's entrance;

rendre service à → to help;

il aime rendre service → he likes to help;

rendre un service à qn → to do sb a favour;

heures de service → hours of duty;

être de service → to be on duty;

reprendre du service → to get back into action;

avoir 25 ans de service → to have completed 25 years' service;

être/mettre en service → to be in/put into service ou operation;

hors service → not in use; out of order;

service à thé/café → tea/coffee set ou service;

service après-vente (SAV) → after-sales service;

en service commandé → on an official assignment;

service funèbre → funeral service;

service militaire → military service;

service d'ordre → police (ou stewards) in charge of maintaining order;

services publics → public services, (public) utilities;

services secrets → secret service sg;

services sociaux → social services

service militaire

Until 1997, French men over the age of 18 who were passed as fit, and who were not in full-time higher education, were required to do ten months' "service militaire". Conscientious objectors were required to do two years' community service.