Lexique pour le bricolage
Looing to do some work around the house in French? This page offers a table with French words for home improvement (DIY). The vocabulary list includes common nouns as well as some useful verbs.
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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