French Vocabulary: Clothes and Footwear
When in France, go shopping! So make sure you never let your dress & style game down. Learn some cool French vocabulary about clothes and footwear.
Difficulty: Beginner-Intermediate
Clothes! Fashion! Shoes! Handbags! Shopping! Paris is a haven for fashionable dressing, so it only follows that these words are sure to get mentioned quite a lot when you go on a trip to France. Might as well learn these and incorporate them into your French vocabulary.
Now, that would be très chic, wouldn’t it?
- GarmentsVêtements
- La chemise de nuitNight-dress
- La culotteKnickers
- La combinaisonSlip
- Le juponPetticoat, underskirt
- Le collantTights
- La jupe plisséePleated skirt
- La jupe droiteStraight skirt
- Le corsageBlouse
- Le chemisierShirt-blouse
- La robe chemisierShirt-dress
- Le tailleurSuit (for women)
- Le costumeSuit (for men)
- Le completSuit
- Le gilet de laineWool cardigan
- Le gilet de corpsVest
- Le caleçonBoxer Shorts/ Trunks
- Le maillot de bainSwimming trunks
- La chemise sportSport shirt
- La vesteJacket
- Le veston croiséDouble-breasted jacket
- Le pardessusOvercoat
- L’imperméable (m)Raincoat
- Le smokingDinner-jacket
- Le nœud papillonBow-tie
- Le survêtementtracksuit
- Le bleuOveralls, dungarees, boiler-suit
- La combinaisonOveralls, boiler-suit
- La salopetteOveralls, dungarees
- Le bonnet de bainSwimming cap
- Le chapeau melonBowler hat
- La casquetteCap
- MettreTo put on
- EnfilerTo slip on, to put on
- FootwearChaussures
- La pointureShoe size
- Les bottes de pluie (f)Rain boots
- Les bottillons (m)Ankle-boots
- L’escarpin (m)Court shoe
- Les ballerines (f)Pumps, ballet-shoes
- Les mocassinsLoafers
- Les baskets (f)Sneakers, trainers
- La semelleSole
- À talons platsFlat-heeled
- À talon basLow-heeled
- À talons hautsHigh-heeled
- À talon aiguilleStiletto-heeled
- Se chausserTo put one’s shoes on
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