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pompiste

petrol station attendant, pump attendant

noun pohm-PEEST Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Usage Note

Pompiste refers to the person who works at a petrol station (une station-service), whether serving customers or operating the pumps. It is gender-variable: un/une pompiste. With the rise of self-service stations the profession has become rarer, so the word is less common in everyday speech than it once was.

Examples

"Le pompiste a vérifié le niveau d'huile."

Natural Translation

The pump attendant checked the oil level.

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