French Home Improvement (DIY) Vocabulary)

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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