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Hey, have you seen our article about French food habits ?If not, then take a quick look at it here. It’s awesome, we promise you.
To supplement your learning about the 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.
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| General | Général |
| L’alimentation (f) | Food |
| Alimenter | To feed |
| La nourriture | Food |
| Nourrir | To feed |
| La nourriture à emporter | Takeaway food |
| Les denrées (f) | Food |
| Les denrées périssables | Perishables |
| La collation | Light meal |
| L’en-cas (m) | Snack |
| Le plat de résistance | Main course |
| Les plats prépares | Convenience food |
| Le plat du jour | Set menu |
| Le banquet | Feast |
| La restauration rapide | Fast food |
| La portion | Portion, helping |
| Fruit | Les Fruits |
| La macédoine de fruits | Fruit salad |
| La compote de fruits | Stewed fruit |
| Les fruits secs | Dried fruit |
| Le citron vert | Lime |
| La cerise | Cherry |
| L’abricot (m) | Apricot |
| La prune | Plum |
| La fraise | Strawberry |
| La framboise | Raspberry |
| Le cassis | Blackcurrant |
| La groseille | Gooseberry |
| Le pamplemousse | Grapefruit |
| La rhubarbe | Rhubarb |
| Le melon | Melon |
| La datte | Date |
| La noix de coco | Coconut |
| Le pruneau | Prune |
| Le brugnon | Nectarine |
| La clémentine | Clementine |
| La figue | Fig |
| Le raisin | Grape |
| La peau | Skin |
| La pelure | Peel |
| Le noyau | Stone |
| Le pépin | Pip |
| Acide | Sour |
| Aigre | Sour |
| Pourri | Rotten |
| Mûr | Ripe |
| Pas mûr | Unripe |
| Juteux | juicy |
| Nuts | Les noix |
| L’arachide (f) | Monkey nut |
| La cacahuète | Peanut |
| La noix de cajou | Cashew nut |
| La pistache | Pistachio nut |
| La noix de Brésil | Brazil nut |
| La noisette | hazelnut |
| Meat | Viande |
| Le porc | Pork |
| L’agneau (m) | Lamb |
| Le mouton | Mutton |
| La viande hachée | Minced Meat |
| Le veau | Veal |
| La côtelette | Chop, cutlet |
| Le rôti | Roast |
| Le ragoût | Stew |
| Saignant | Rare |
| A point | Medium-cooked |
| Griller | Griller, toast |
| Le pot au feu | Stew |
| Maigre | Lean |
| Gras | Fatty |
| Vegetables | Les légumes |
| Les petits pois (m) | Peas |
| L’artichaut | Artichoke |
| Les asperges (f) | Asparagus |
| La betterave | Beetroot |
| Le céleri | Celery |
| Le chou-fleur | Cauliflower |
| Les épinards (m) | Spinach |
| La fève | Broad-bean |
| La laitue | Lettuce |
| La lentille | Lentil |
| Le navet | Turnip |
| Le poireau | Leek |
| La patate douce | Sweet potato |
| Drinks | Les boissons |
| Le café nature | Black coffee |
| Le café crème | White coffee |
| Le café décaféiné | Decaffeinated coffee |
| Le café en poudre | Instant coffee |
| Le café express | Expresso |
| Le café filtre | Filtered coffee |
| Le café glacé | Iced coffee |
| Le café turc | Turkish coffee |
| Le cacao | Cocoa |
| Le thé nature | Black tea |
| Le thé au citron | Lemon tea |
| Le thé de Chine | China tea |
| Le thé à la menthe | Mint tea |
| La camomille | Camomile tea |
| La tisane | Herbal 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 chaud | Hot chocolate |
| La citronnade | Lemonade |
| L’orangeade (f) | Orangeade |
| Le sirop | Cordial |
| Le jus d’oranges pressées | Fresh orange-juice |
| La bière pression | Draught beer |
| Sweets | Les douceurs |
| Le pop-corn sucré | Sweet popcorn |
| Le pop-corn salé | Salted popcorn |
| Le chewing-gum | Chewing gum |
| La tablette de chocolat | Bar of chocolate |
| Le paquet de chips | Packet of crisps |
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