French Flower Names

What are names of flowers in French?

French flower names are: un azalée (azalea), un aster (aster), un bégonia (begonia), un azalée (azalea), un bleuet (cornflower), une capucine (nasturtium), un coquelicot (wild poppy), un chrysanthème (chrysanthemum). The following is a list of over 50 words for French flowers.

• l’aconit (m) monkshood
• l’acore (f) sweet flag
• l’ancolie columbine
• l’anémone (f) windflower
• l’asclépiade (f) milkweed
• l’aster (m) aster
• l’iris (m) iris
• l’œillet (m) carnation
• l’orchidée (f) orchid
• l’orpin (m) stonecrop
• la azalée (f) azalea
• la calla calla
• la campanule bellflower
• la consoude (f) comfrey
• la dauphinelle, le pied-d’alouette delphinium
• la digitale foxglove
• la gentiane gentian
• la gypsophile baby’s breath
• la jonquille daffodil
• la lavande lavender
• la marguerite daisy
• la mauve mallow
• la molène mullein
• la pervenche periwinkle
• la pivoine peony
• la primevère primrose
• la renoncule ranunculus
• la rose rose
• la rose trémière, passerose hollyhock
• la sauge sage
• la tulipe tulip
• la véronique speedwell
• la violette violet
• la zinnia zinnia
• le bégonia begonia
• le bleuet, la centaurée bleue cornflower
• le bouton d’or, la renoncule des champs buttercup
• le chrysanthème chrysanthemum
• le crocus crocus
• le cyclamen cyclamen
• le dahlia dahlia
• le freesia freesia
• le gaïeul gladiolus
• le gardénia gardenia
• le géranium geranium
• le glaïeul gladiolus
• le lys lily
• le muflier snapdragon
• le pavot, le coquelicot poppy
• le pétunia petunia
• le souci marigold
• le tournesol sunflower

French flower vocabulary

• aller chez le/la fleuriste to go to the florist’s shop
• la botanique botany
• un parterre de fleurs flower bed
• un(e) fleuriste florist
• une botte de fleurs bouquet of flowers
• une fleur fanée wilted flower
• une fleure sauvage wildflower

Related lessons:

• Fish names
• Nature terms
• Animal names
• Tree names

More resources:

• Glossary of flowers in French (teleflora.com)

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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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