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French vocabulary words for food
As most of you know, food and meals is a very important part of the French culture and heritage.
French people continue to give much time and effort in preparing and cooking meals, buying fresh local products from the markets, making their own salade dressings and of course fresh bread.
Whilst learning to speak French improving your vocabulary is also important.
The following list has many common words about food. These words and
phrases will be useful when ordering from a menu in a restaurant, shopping
and for your general culture.
 The meals
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- Le repas
- Le petit déjeuner
- Le déjeuner
- Le goûter
- Le dîner
- Le souper
- L'entrée
- Le plat principale
- Le salade
- Le désert
- Le plat
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- The meal
- The Breakfast
- The Lunch
- The Snack
- The Dinner
- The Soup (light evening soup)
- The appertiser
- The main course
- The salade
- The desert
- The dish
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Table items
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English |
- L'assiette
- L'argenterie
- La bouteille
- Le bol
- La carte
- La carte des vins
- Le couvert
- Le couteau
- La cuillère
- La fourchette
- Le menu
- La nappe
- La table
- Le verre
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- The plate
- Silverware
- The bottle
- The bowl
- The menu
- The wine menu
- The cutlery
- The knife
- The spoon
- The fork
- The menu
- The table cloth
- The table
- The glass
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Le petit déjeuner
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English |
- Le biscuit
- Le café
- Le café au lait
- Les céréales (la)
- Le chocolat chaud
- La confiture
- Le croissant
- Le jus de fruits
- Le lait
- Le miel
- Le pain
- Le pain aux rasins
- La tartine
- Le thé
- Le yaourt
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- The biscuit
- The coffee
- The milk coffee
- The cereals
- The hot chocolate
- The jam
- The croissant
- The fruit juice
- The milk
- The honey
- The bread
- The bread (with raisins)
- Slice of bread with butter
- The tea
- The yogurt
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A typical French breakfast is a light meal, generally coffee and bread or the traditional Croissant which is a creant shaped
pastry.
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