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Home Improvement (DIY) Vocabulary

Home Improvement (DIY) Vocabulary

Lexique pour le bricolage

Looing to do some work around the house in French? This page offers a list of French words for home improvement (DIY).

French home improvement DIY vocabulary

French vocabulary for tools

  • un marteau hammer
  • un tournevis screwdriver
  • une pince pliers
  • une scie saw
  • un mètre ruban tape measure
  • un pinceau paint brush
  • un rouleau roller
  • une perceuse drill

People

  • un bricoleur, une bricoleuse somebody who does DIY
  • un électricien, une électricienne electrician
  • un plombier plumber
  • un peintre painter
  • un menuisier carpenter

Verbs

  • refaire l’éléctricite to re-do the electricity
  • installer un tuyau to install a pipe
  • repeindre une pièce to repaint a room
  • réparer un meuble to repair a piece of furniture
  • décorer une pièce to decorate a room
  • cirer un meuble to polish a piece of furniture
  • vernir un meuble to varnish a piece of furniture
  • poncer, décaper un meuble to sand a piece of furniture
  • tapisser to wallpaper, upholster
  • enlever la peinture to remove the paint
  • peindre une pièce to paint a room
  • installer un lavabo to install a sink
  • réparer un robinet to repair a faucet, tap
  • fixer un miroir to put a miror into place
  • poser un planchet to lay flooring
  • coller to stick, glue
  • clouer to nail
  • visser to screw

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David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven 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 lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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David Issokson

David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven 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 lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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