Level A1 (Beginner)
Today’s French Word of the Day covers the essential beginner word “la plage“, meaning beach.
Meaning
Pronunciation with IPA
Example sentences
Word origin
Related lessons
Meaning
La plage (f.) means “beach” in English. “Est-ce tu vas à la plage aujourd’hui?” (Are you going to the beach today?)
Pronunciation
Example sentences
This first sentence uses the French superlative (the most, the biggest, etc.). In the non-reflexive form, trouver means to find. As a reflexive verb, se trouver means to be located.
Les plus belles plages en France se trouve sur la Côte d’Azur.
The most beautiful beaches in France are located on the French Riviera.
J’adore aller à la plage pour observer les couchers de soleil.
I love going to the beach to look at the sunsets.
Les enfants marchent vers la plage et ils vont se baigner.
The kids are walking towards the beach and are going to swim.
Word origin
The Modern French word plage comes from plagia in Late Latin, meaning plain or shore.
Related lessons and words to la plage
- La mer sea, ocean
- Les vacances vacation
- L’océan the ocean
- Le sable the sand
- La vague the wave
- La côte the coast, the shoreline
- Le bord de mer the seaside
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