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French Baby & Childcare Vocabulary

French Baby & Childcare Vocabulary

Lexique pour le bébé

On this page you will find a complete list of French baby vocabulary. This list includes most products you’ll have to buy for your child. If you are having a baby in a French-speaking country or will be traveling with your small child then you’ll definitely find these words very useful.

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Useful nouns

  • baby le bébé
  • baby bath une baignoire pour bébé
  • baby boy un petit garçon
  • baby carrier un porte-bébé
  • baby clothes les vêtements pour bébé
  • baby food la nourriture pour bébés
  • baby formula le lait infantile, le lait maternisé
  • baby girl une petite fille
  • baby lotion la crème hydratante pour bébé
  • baby monitor un Babyphone®, un écoute-bébé
  • baby names les prénoms pour bébés
  • baby oil l’huile (f) d’amandes douces
  • baby powder le talc
  • baby room la chambre de bébé
  • baby talk le langage des bébés, le babillage
  • baby wipe la lingette pour bébé
  • bib un bavoir, une bavette
  • birth la naissance
  • bottle un biberon
  • crib le lit de bébé
  • delivery l’accouchement
  • diaper la couche pour bébé
  • diaper rash l’érythème fessier (m)
  • fairy tale un conte de fées
  • high chair la chaise haute
  • infant le nourrisson
  • newborn baby le nouveau-né
  • nursing l’allaitement
  • pacifier la sucette
  • play pen un parc pour bébé
  • pram, baby carriage le landau
  • pregnancy la grossesse
  • pregnant enceinte
  • rattle un hochet
  • stroller la poussette
  • stuffed animal un animal en peluche, un peluche
  • teething la poussée des dents
  • thermometer un thermomètre
  • toddler le bambin

Useful verbs

  • to give birth accoucher
  • to burp faire faire son rot à
  • to cuddle faire un câlin à
  • to pick up relever
  • to breast feed allaiter, donner le sein à
  • to bottle feed donner le biberon à, nourrir au biberon
  • to bathe donner le/son bain à
  • to change a diaper changer les couches
  • to have a baby avoir un enfant
  • to give birth accoucher

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David Issokson

David Issokson is a lifelong language enthusiast. His head is swimming with words and sounds as he speaks over six languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private online lessons. When procrastinating working on his site, FrenchLearner.com, David enjoys his time skiing and hiking in Teton Valley, Idaho.

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