French Vocabulary: Food and Drink
Learn how to order these cool French food and drinks! Popular menu items in France and other cuisine in our vocabulary list.
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To supplement your learning about world-renowned French cuisine, here is a list of vocabulary that will help you breeze through it all.
Before you know it, you’ll be dazzling your date or friends (and everyone within hearing distance) with your impressive knowledge about everything related to French food.
Here, start memorizing this for starters, so you can easily order food in French!
- GeneralGénéral
- L’alimentation (f)Food
- AlimenterTo feed
- La nourritureFood
- NourrirTo feed
- La nourriture à emporterTakeaway food
- Les denrées (f)Food
- Les denrées périssablesPerishables
- La collationLight meal
- L’en-cas (m)Snack
- Le plat de résistanceMain course
- Les plats préparésConvenience food
- Le plat du jourDish of the day
- Le banquetFeast
- La restauration rapideFast food
- La portionPortion, helping
- FruitLes fruits
- La macédoine de fruitsFruit salad
- La compote de fruitsStewed fruit
- Les fruits secsDried fruit
- Le citron vertLime
- La ceriseCherry
- L’abricot (m)Apricot
- La prunePlum
- La fraiseStrawberry
- La framboiseRaspberry
- Le cassisBlackcurrant
- La groseilleRedcurrant
- Le pamplemousseGrapefruit
- La rhubarbeRhubarb
- Le melonMelon
- La datteDate
- La noix de cocoCoconut
- Le pruneauPrune
- Le brugnonNectarine
- La clémentineClementine
- La figueFig
- Le raisinGrape
- La peauSkin
- La pelurePeel
- Le noyauStone
- Le pépinPip
- AcideSour
- AigreSour
- PourriRotten
- MûrRipe
- Pas mûrUnripe
- JuteuxJuicy
- NutsLes noix
- L’arachide (f)Monkey nut
- La cacahuètePeanut
- La noix de cajouCashew nut
- La pistachePistachio nut
- La noix du BrésilBrazil nut
- La noisetteHazelnut
- MeatViande
- Le porcPork
- L’agneau (m)Lamb
- Le moutonMutton
- La viande hachéeMinced Meat
- Le veauVeal
- La côteletteChop, cutlet
- Le rôtiRoast
- Le ragoûtStew
- SaignantRare
- À pointMedium-cooked
- GrillerTo grill, to toast
- Le pot au feuStew
- MaigreLean
- GrasFatty
- Les légumes (m)Vegetables
- Les petits pois (m)Peas
- L’artichautArtichoke
- Les asperges (f)Asparagus
- La betteraveBeetroot
- Le céleriCelery
- Le chou-fleurCauliflower
- Les épinards (m)Spinach
- La fèveBroad-bean
- La laitueLettuce
- La lentilleLentil
- Le navetTurnip
- Le poireauLeek
- La patate douceSweet potato
- Les boissonsDrinks
- Le café natureBlack coffee
- Le café crèmeWhite coffee
- Le café décaféinéDecaffeinated coffee
- Le café solubleInstant coffee
- Le café expressEspresso
- Le café filtreFiltered coffee
- Le café glacéIced coffee
- Le café turcTurkish coffee
- Le cacaoCocoa
- Le thé noirBlack tea
- Le thé au citronLemon tea
- Le thé de ChineChina tea
- Le thé à la mentheMint tea
- La camomilleCamomile tea
- La tisaneHerbal tea
- L’infusion (f)Herbal tea
- L’eau minérale (f)Mineral water
- L’eau plate (f)Still water
- L’eau gazeuse (f)Sparkling water
- Le chocolat chaudHot chocolate
- La citronnadeLemonade
- L’orangeade (f)Orangeade
- Le siropCordial
- Le jus d’oranges presséesFresh orange-juice
- La bière pressionDraught beer
- Les douceursSweets
- Le pop-corn sucréSweet popcorn
- Le pop-corn saléSalted popcorn
- Le chewing-gumChewing gum
- La tablette de chocolatBar of chocolate
- Le paquet de chipsPacket of crisps
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