Festive French Vocabulary
Posted by Josh on 13th Dec 2023 in the blog in the learning french category
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It’s that time of the year again. The neige is falling, les châtaignes are roasting, and people are busy singing chants de Noël and decorating their sapins de Noël with babioles and sucres d’orge.
If you don’t recognise some of those words, then maybe you should spend some of your free time this December brushing up on your French. And we can think of worse ways to improve your language skills than by learning these French words associated with the holiday period.
Dates
| English | French |
|---|---|
| Christmas Eve | la veille de Noël |
| Christmas Day | le jour de Noël |
| New Year’s Eve | le Réveillon de Nouvel an |
| New Year’s Day | le jour de l'An |
| Advent | l'Avent |
| Midnight Mass | la Messe de Minuit |
| Hanukkah | Hanoukka |
| The Epiphany | la Fête des Rois / l'Épiphanie |
Food
| English | French |
|---|---|
| pheasant | le faisan |
| turkey | la dinde |
| gingerbread man | le bonhomme de pain d’épice(s) |
| candy cane | le sucre d’orge |
| Yule log | la bûche de noël |
| Chestnut | la châtaigne / le marron |
Environment
| English | French |
|---|---|
| Christmas tree | le sapin de Noël |
| Nativity scene | la crèche |
| mistletoe | le gui |
| snow | la neige |
| snowman | le bonhomme de neige |
Other
| English | French |
|---|---|
| Christmas | Noël |
| elf | le lutin de Noël |
| reindeer | le renne |
| sleigh | le traîneau |
| carol | le chant de Noël |
| Christmas card | la carte de Noël |
| Santa Claus | le Père Noël |
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