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How do you say "to network" as in going to an event that people attend with the goal of making professional contacts? Is there a parallel French phrase that is used?

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We used to call it relations, hence the expression:

Se faire des relations (also: se faire des contacts)

Nowadays, there is also réseau which matches the English "network" but like relation has no verbal form, so we say:

Se faire un réseau

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Travailler/entretenir son réseau

As a couple of comments stated, there is an emerging verbal form: réseauter.

It's usage might still be frowned upon but is steadily rising anyway:

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    There is a verbal form, although I expect some people may frown about it: réseauter.
    – Greg
    Feb 27, 2018 at 5:46
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    on peut aussi dire se faire des contacts
    – Flying_whale
    Feb 27, 2018 at 9:10
  • réseauter is being used increasingly
    – Weedoze
    Feb 27, 2018 at 13:03
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    @cloud correctly pronounced "réseauter" doesn’t sound anything like "réussir". I don’t know how to write phonetics, but appart from "ré" there’s no common sound in those two verbs...
    – Laurent S.
    Feb 27, 2018 at 19:18
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    @cloud, /ʀeysiʀ/ and /ʀezote/ sound nothing alike. Réseautage is also worth mentioning as the neological translation of networking
    – Eau qui dort
    Feb 27, 2018 at 20:51
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Network in English literally mean Réseau in French.

I would probably say « Se faire un réseau »

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Se brancher ou se bâtir sa communauté, son réseau.

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