salariale

Salariale is the feminine singular form of the French adjective salarial, meaning related to salary or wages. The masculine singular form is salarial, the masculine plural salariaux, and the feminine plural salariales. The term is used to describe pay-related concepts, policies, and phenomena in business, public administration, and economics.

Usage in French centers on remuneration and compensation. Common collocations include politique salariale (salary policy), conditions salariales (pay conditions), augmentation salariale (salary increase), and échelle salariale (salary scale). The adjective typically modifies nouns connected with remuneration, such as charge salariale (salary-related cost) or revenus salariaux (wage income).

Etymology traces salariale to the root salar-, which is linked to salaire (salary). The word ultimately derives from Latin salarium, historically a payment associated with soldiers, a lineage that underpins the modern concept of wages and compensation in French.

Related terms include rémunération (remuneration), salaire (salary as a noun), and salariat (the salaried class or status). The form salariale demonstrates how gender and number influence French adjectives, with the feminine form agreeing with feminine nouns and the masculine and plural variations used in other contexts.