Slang French Words and Phrases for Dining and Drinking
It’s party time! How would you like to be the life of the party by knowing the right words to say in French? Know the most happening party terms in French.
It’s party time! Whether you’re out for a cozy dinner with your French friends or hitting the town for a night of drinking, merriment, and a little bit of mischief, how would you like to be the life of the party by knowing exactly the right words to say? Want to learn how to say drunk in French slang, or party in French slang?
Sounds awesome? You bet it is!
So here you go with a list of words and phrases that you should arm yourself with to party in French slang. And no matter how wasted you get, remember to always keep it classy!
- En buvant et en mangeantDrinking and eating
- À la tienne/À la vôtre!Cheers!
- une andouillefool (sort of sausage)
- un apéro (= apéritif)drink, aperitif
- ardoise: avoir une ardoiseto have a tab (slate)
- arroserto celebrate with a drink
- becterto eat (to nosh)
- la bouffemeal, something to eat
- boufferto eat, to have a meal
- Ça s’arrose!That deserves a drink!
- C’est cadeau.It’s free / it’s on the house.
- le canonglass of wine, drink
- cloche: se taper la clocheto have a good meal
- couper (ne pas y couper)to not get out of it, to not escape it
- coûter (la peau des fesses)to cost (an arm and a leg)
- cracher (sur quelque chose)to say no to, to spit on
- crever (de faim)to die (of hunger)
- crocs: avoir les crocsbe famished
- croûte: casser la croûtehave a meal, snack
- la cuisinecooking
- la cuisine du terroirregional cooking
- le cuistotchef
- dalle: avoir la dalleto be hungry
- descente: avoir une bonne descenteto knock it back
- écluserto knock back (to sink) (your drink)
- estomac: avoir l’estomac dans les talonsto be very hungry
- les fruits de merseafood
- le gigotleg of lamb
- graveserious(ly)
- jaune: un p’tit jaunepastis
- jeter: s’en jeter unto down a drink
- magner/se magnerto get a move on
- la moussebeer
- une occase (= occasion)occasion
- la picoleboozing
- le pinardcheap wine (plonk)
- le pochtrondrunkard (piss artist)
- poil: être de bon/mauvais poilto be in a good/bad mood
- poil: ne pas avancer d’un poilto advance hardly at all
- poil: reprendre du poil de la bêteto recover (from a hangover)
- le poivrotdrunkard
- régalerto treat someone else
- regarder: ne pas y regarderto be generous
- remettreto have another
- le resto (= restaurant)restaurant
- rétamé, êtreto be hammered (legless)
- se creuser les méningesto rack your brains
- se défoncerto get wasted
- se grouillerto get a move on
- payerto pay, to treat someone (to a round)
- prendre (un apéro)to have a drink
- se taperto treat yourself
- le soûlarddrunkard
- tassé: bien tasséa good measure
- train: se mettre en trainto get in the flow
- traite: boire d’une traite(to drink) in one swallow
- trinquerto clink glasses, to propose a toast to someone
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