Dining
This page is designed to help our travelers to learn simple french phrases and words
Additional Info
Each word list is geared to teach you one of three different
skills, depending on what you'll need to do with the vocabulary:
- LISEZ (READ): for
signs in the airport, train station, on the street.
- ÉCOUTEZ (LISTEN): for phrases that
French people (a train conductor, a waiter) might say to you.
(Wouldn't it be nice to know what they're saying?)
- PARLEZ (SPEAK): for questions you might
need to ask (Where is the station? Is this the right train?)
When you have finished with the instruction, you should
be able to:
- Read and understand all vocabulary marked with LISEZ;
- Hear and understand all vocabulary marked with ÉCOUTEZ or E;
- Speak all vocabulary marked with PARLEZ or P (make sure you practice saying these
words after the speaker).
Dining & Food
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(Read and Understand)
Grammar
Point: the Partitive
When
you order "some" as opposed to a distinct
number of something, you must use the partitive, which
is a construction built with "of" plus "the".
In French this would be: de + la, de + l',
de + le, or for the plural, de +
les.
De + la for feminine nouns
is left alone;
De + l' for nouns starting with
a vowel is left alone;
De + le for masculine nouns becomes du;
And for the plural, de + les becomes des
Examples:
"Je voudrais de la bière." (I would like some beer)
"Je voudrais de l'eau" (I would
like some water).
"Je voudrais du beurre" (I would
like some butter)
"Je voudrais des haricots verts" (I would like some green beans)
Vocabulary for food and drink will be given with the partitive construction, where applicable, so that you will be able to use it properly. Where not applicable, as where you would order a single item (a steak, a glass of beer), the vocabulary will be given with the indefinite article (a/an; French un/une)
Français |
Anglais |
de la bouillabaisse Marseillaise |
fish & seafood stew |
| du potage parmentier | potato soup |
| de la soupe de légumes | vegetable soup |
| de la soupe au pistou Provencal | vegetable soup with basil |
| de la soupe à l’oignon | onion soup |
| de la soupe aux choux | cabbage soup |
| du bouillon de volaille | chicken broth |
| du potage Crécy | carrot and rice soup |
| du pot-au-feu | beef & vegetable soup |
| de la bisque de homard | lobster chowder |
Francais |
Anglais |
| de l'eau minérale | mineral water |
| de l’eau gazeuse | sparkling water |
| de l'eau fraîche | tap water |
| du vin rouge | red
wine |
| du vin blanc | white wine |
| du vin rosé | rose wine |
| un verre | a glass |
| une bouteille | a bottle |
| une carafe | a pitcher |
| du chocolat chaud | hot chocolate |
| un digestif | sweet after-dinner drink |
| de la bière | beer |
| un citron pressé | fresh lemonade |
| du café | coffee |
| du thé | tea |
| une limonade | a lemonade |
| Français | Anglais |
| une salade verte | green salad |
| une salade composée | mixed salad |
| une salade russe | diced vegetable salad |
| une salade de foie de volaille | lettuce with chicken livers |
| une salade niçoise | mixed salad with tuna, anchovies, olives, vegetables |
| une salade campagnarde | country salad |
| Français | Anglais |
| un contre-filet de boeuf | loin strip steak |
| une côte de boeuf | beef chop |
| un biftek | beefsteak |
| un steak haché | hamburger patty |
| des côtelettes d’agneau | lamb chops |
| du rôti de porc | roast pork |
| des rognons | kidneys |
| des tournedos | beef tenderloin |
| du poulet | chicken |
| du coq | capon |
| du lapin | rabbit |
| du veau | veal |
| du canard | duck |
| des escargots | giant snails |
| Français | Anglais |
| des huîtres | oysters |
| du cabillaud | cod |
| des moules | mussels |
| du thon | tuna |
| une truite | trout |
| des crevettes | shrimp |
| du homard | lobster |
| Français | Anglais |
| des haricots verts | green beans |
| des petits pois | peas |
| des champignons | mushrooms |
| des truffes | truffle mushrooms |
| du chou | cabbage |
| un artichaut | artichoke |
| des tomates | tomatoes |
| des carottes | carrots |
| des pommes de terre | potatoes |
| des pommes frites | French fries |
| des pommes vapeur | boiled potatoes |
| de la purée | mashed potatoes |
| Français | Anglais |
| du roquefort | sharp aged sheep cheese |
| du brie | soft creamy cheese |
| du camembert | soft ripened cheese |
| du chèvre | goat cheese |
| du bleu | blue cheese |
| Français | Anglais |
| un gâteau au chocolat chocolate cake | |
| de la crème caramel | caramel custard |
| une tarte aux fraises | strawberry tart |
| une coupe glacée | ice cream sundae |
| des choux à la crème | cream puffs |
| un soufflé au Grand Marnier | Grand Marnier souffle |
| un éclair au chocolat | chocolate eclair |
| de la glace | ice cream |
| un gateau Saint-Honoré | cake with cream filling and icing |
| un millefeuille | napoleon (literally, "a thousand sheets) |
| des babas au rhum | rum cakes |
| des crêpes Suzette | orange Cointreau crepes |
| Français | Anglais |
| à la vapeur | steamed |
| au four | baked |
| bouilli | boiled |
| coupé en dés | diced |
| en ragoût | stewed |
| épicé | spicy |
| farci | stuffed |
| frit (dans la friture) | (deep) fried |
| fumé | smoked |
| grillé | grilled |
| mariné | marinated |
| pané | breaded |
| poché | poached |
| rôti | roasted |
| sauté | sautéed |
| velouté de | creamed |
| saignant | rare |
| à point | medium |
| bien cuit | well done |