The Turkish foreign ministry branded the decision "irresponsible" and threatened swift retaliatory measures.
Armenia says that up to 1.5 million people died in 1915-16 as the Ottoman empire split.
Turkey rejects the term genocide and says the number was much smaller.
The bill will now be sent to President Nicolas Sarkozy to be signed into law, which he is expected to do before the end of February.
'Total rupture'
Correspondents say the move threatens to cause a serious rift between France and Turkey, who are Nato allies.
"France opened a black page in its history," said Volkan Bozkir, head of the Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee, on Twitter.
Turkey's ambassador to France, Tahsin Burcuoglu, said the vote could cause a "total rupture" of relations between the two countries. » | Monday, January 23, 2012
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