What is French for "golddidgger"?

Question

For males and females, if it is separate.

I mean people who are looking for financial benefits in relationship, not miners.

Answer 1

For males you could say 'un aventurier or un requin de la finance'.
For female 'une croqueuse de dots or de diamants'.

Answer 2

aventurier / aventurière.

There are nuances between those words. 'Un aventurier' (m.) is like Indiana Jones or Richard Branson of Virgin. He is great. 'Une aventurière' has a pejorative connotation, like a 'femme fatale', f.ex. going from one relation to another.

You may then say 'entrepreneur / entrepreneuse', but again, it does not sound right for the woman. All the expressions I can think of at the moment do not give much credit for a woman taking initiatives in her life.

You have more female references. A familiar expression is "croqueuse de diamants", lit. a lady who crunches diamonds. ('croqueuse may also refer to a man-eater lady, "croqueuse d'hommes"). See... still the same insinuations!

These expressions are a bit oldish, I guess that we are so judgmental that it is ok for a man to be adventurous. A woman? No way...

Answer 3

Gold digger in the sense you require: C'est une aventurière = She's a gold digger. I don't think the expression is applied to males.

Answer 4

Chercheur d'or : male
Chercheuse d'or : female

Just digger can be translated into this :

Mineur : male
Mineuse : female