What Are Basic Foods Called in French?

In this lesson, we cover the words for some common food items in French.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French as we go!

Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French! Let’s take them in groups of five.

Part 1:

biscuit	Show le biscuit
bread	Show le pain
butter	Show le beurre
cake	Show le gâteau
cheese	Show le fromage

Part 2:

chips	Show les frites
chocolate	Show le chocolat
cream	Show la crème
egg	Show un œuf
flour	Show la farine

Part 3:

food	Show la nourriture
honey	Show le miel
ice cream	Show la glace
jam	Show la confiture
pasta	Show les pâtes

Part 4:

pizza	Show la pizza
rice	Show le riz
salad	Show la salade
soup	Show la soupe
sugar	Show le sucre

Are you ready to see what you’ve learned?

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