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French Vocabulary: 45 Words to Express Your Daily Routine

By Frederic Bibard Published:

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A list of French daily routine vocabulary to express your day-to-day activities. Check it out here.

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So… what exactly did you do today? Did you take a shower, get dressed, go to work, go to a party, meet friends, go home, and sleep? What’s your daily routine like? In this article, we’ve listed French daily routine vocabulary to help you say all of those in French.

Covering the basic things we do all day, every day, this should help you familiarize yourself with the French words and phrases for different common activities.

French Daily Routine Vocabulary

  • Daily routineLe quotidien
  • answer messagesrépondre aux messages
  • brush teethse brosser les dents
  • changese changer
  • chatbavarder
  • dancedanser
  • discussdiscuter
  • do homeworkfaire les devoirs
  • dreamrêver
  • dresss’habiller
  • driveconduire
  • eat breakfastprendre le petit déjeuner
  • eat dinnerdîner
  • eat lunchdéjeuner
  • fall asleeps’endormir
  • get upse lever
  • go homerentrer à la maison
  • go to an evening partyaller à une soirée
  • go to bedse coucher
  • go to schoolaller à l’école
  • go to the disco/nightcluballer en boîte
  • go to the gymaller à la salle de sport
  • go to workaller au travail
  • groom oneselffaire sa toilette
  • have a coffee/sodaboire un café/un soda
  • have a snackprendre un goûter
  • have funs’amuser
  • hurryse dépêcher
  • listen to musicécouter de la musique
  • make phone callstéléphoner/passer des coups de fil
  • meet friendsrencontrer/retrouver des amis
  • prepare dinnerpréparer le dîner
  • read the paperlire le journal
  • restse reposer
  • shavese raser
  • sleepdormir
  • studyétudier
  • take a showerprendre une douche
  • take the bus/subwayprendre le bus/le métro
  • wake upse réveiller
  • walk the dogpromener/sortir le chien
  • walk (going on foot)marcher/aller à pied
  • walk/stretch one’s legs (taking a walk)faire une balade/faire une promenade
  • washse laver
  • watch TVregarder la télé

Example Daily Routine

Let’s take a look at this example of a daily routine!

  • je me lèveI get up
  • je prends ma doucheI take my shower
  • je me brosse les dentsI brush my teeth
  • je me lave le visageI wash my face
  • je prends le petit déjeunerI eat breakfast
  • je prends un caféI have coffee
  • j’attends le busI wait for the bus
  • je vais au travailI go to work
  • je déjeuneI have lunch
  • je rentre chez moiI go home
  • je rencontre des amisI meet some friends
  • je vais à la salle de sportI go to the gym
  • je dîneI have dinner
  • je regarde la téléI watch TV
  • je lis un livreI read a book
  • je me coucheI go to bed

Looking for tips on how to speed up the process of memorizing new French vocabulary? This article gives you tips on how to memorize French words.

Most daily routines are built on a handful of everyday verbs, so it’s worth learning the French verbs you’ll use most often.

Other similar vocabulary lists you could check out:

129 Common French Adjectives

50 Common French Phrases Every Learner Should Know

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