French Vocabulary: Life and Death
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The words in this list are all about the different stages of life and living, words and phrases about the different aspects of death, and all the other useful vocabulary in relation to this topic.
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| Les diverses étapes de la vie | Stages of Life |
| accoucher | give birth |
| enceinte | pregnant |
| jeune | young |
| l’adolescence (f ) | adolescence |
| l’âge (m) | age |
| l’âge adulte (m) | adulthood |
| l’âge mûr (m) | middle age |
| l’anniversaire (m) | birthday |
| l’enfance (f ) | childhood |
| l’insémination artificielle (f ) | artificial insemination |
| la création | creation |
| la fleur de l’âge | prime of life |
| la grossesse | pregnancy |
| la jeunesse | youth |
| la naissance | birth |
| la paternité | paternity |
| la puberté | puberty |
| la vie | life |
| la vieillesse/le troisième âge | old age |
| le bas âge | infancy |
| le bébé | baby |
| le certificat de naissance | birth certificate |
| le/la mineur(e) | minor |
| le/la nouveau-né(e) | newborn |
| les gens/les personnes | people |
| majeur. | legally responsible. |
| naître | be born |
| né(e) | born |
| prématuré(e) | premature |
| responsible majeur(e | legally |
| vieux/vieille | old |
| vivre | live |
| la maternité | maternity |
| La mort | Death |
| décédé(e) | deceased |
| enterrer | bury |
| être en deuil | mourn |
| hériter | inherit |
| incinéré(e) | cremated |
| l’au-delà | afterlife |
| l’enterrement (m) | burial |
| l’épitaphe (f ) | epitaph |
| l’héritage (m) | inheritance |
| l’héritier/l’héritière | heir |
| l’incinération (f ) | cremation |
| l’inhumation (f ) | interment |
| l’obituaire (m) | obituary |
| la pierre tombale | tombstone |
| la réincarnation (f ) | reincarnation |
| la sépulture | grave |
| la tombe | tomb |
| la trépassée | pass away |
| la veille | wake |
| le testament | will |
| le cadavre | cadaver |
| le certificat de décès | death certificate |
| le cimetière | cemetery |
| le corbillard | hearse |
| le corps | body |
| le deuil | mourning |
| le service des pompes funèbres | funeral home |
| les condoléances (fpl) | condolences |
| les funérailles (fpl) | funerals |
| les rites funéraires (mpl) | last rites |
| mourir | die |
| police d’assurance vie | life insurance policy |
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