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French Food Vocabulary
Whether you're traveling in Europe or just going out to a local French restaurant, food is one of the necessities of life. Furthermore, the French love food, and talking about food is one of the most common topic of French conversations.
Here are some key French words and vocabulary related to food.
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I also encourage you to visit my article to know about the most important word of all: Bon appétit !
French Food Vocabulary Generalities
- la nourriture food
- avoir faim to be hungry
- manger to eat
- déjeuner to have breakfast or lunch
- dîner to have dinner
French Food Vocabulary - Meals
- le repas meal
- le petit-déjeuner breakfast
- le déjeuner lunch
- le dîner dinner
- le goûter snack
French Food Vocabulary- Dishes
- le hors d'œuvre, l'entrée* appetizer - *In American English, "entrée" refers to the main course, but in French it only indicates an appetizer.
- la soupe, le potage soup
- le plat principal main course
- la salade salad
- le dessert dessert
French Food Vocabulary- Places
- la cuisine kitchen, cooking
- la salle à manger dining room
- le restaurant restaurant
French Food Vocabulary- Miscellaneous
- la confiture jam
- le croissant croissant
- la farine flour
- les frites (US) fries, (UK) chips
- l'huile d'olive (f) olive oil
- la mayonnaise mayonnaise
- la moutarde mustard
- un œuf, des œufs egg, eggs
- le pain bread
- le pain grillé toast
- les pâtes pasta
- le poivre pepper
- le riz rice
- la sauce sauce, dressing, gravy
- le sel salt
- le sucre sugar
French Food Vocabulary- Fruits
- une cerise cherry
- un citron lemon
- un citron vert lime
- une fraise strawberry
- une framboise raspberry
- une mûre blackberry
- une myrtille blueberry
- une orange orange
- un pamplemousse grapefruit
- une pastèque watermelon
- une pêche peach
- une poire pear
- une pomme apple
- une prune plum
- un raisin grape
French Food Vocabulary- Vegetables
- un légume vegetable
- un artichaut artichoke
- les asperges (f) asparagus
- une aubergine eggplant
- la carotte carrot
- le céleri celery
- le champignon mushroom
- le chou-fleur cauliflower
- le concombre cucumber
- les épinards (m) spinach
- un haricot bean
- la laitue lettuce
- un oignon onion
- le maïs corn
- les petits pois (m) peas
- la pomme de terre potato
- le radis radish
- la tomate tomato
French Food Vocabulary- Meats
- la viande meat
- l'agneau (m) lamb
- les anchois (m) anchovies
- le bifteck steak
- la dinde turkey
- les escargots (m) snails
- le jambon ham
- le lapin rabbit
- le poisson fish
- le porc pork
- le poulet chicken
- le rosbif roast beef
- le saucisson sausage
- le veau veal
French Food vocabulary - Dairies
- la crème fraîche very thick, slightly sour cream
- le fromage cheese
- le fromage blanc cream cheese
- la glace ice cream
- le lait milk
- le yaourt yogurt