les fleurs
On this page you will find over fifty names for flowers in French. You’ll quickly see that a lot of the words are very similar to English so learning them won’t be so hard! At the bottom of the list we’ve included some flower-related vocabulary.
| aster | l'aster (m) |
| azalea | la azalée (f) |
| baby's breath | la gypsophile |
| begonia | le bégonia |
| bellflower | la campanule |
| buttercup | le bouton d'or, la renoncule des champs |
| calla | la calla |
| carnation | l'œillet (m) |
| chrysanthemum | le chrysanthème |
| columbine | l'ancolie |
| comfrey | la consoude (f) |
| cornflower | le bleuet, la centaurée bleue |
| crocus | le crocus |
| cyclamen | le cyclamen |
| daffodil | la jonquille |
| dahlia | le dahlia |
| daisy | la marguerite |
| delphinium | la dauphinelle, le pied-d'alouette |
| foxglove | la digitale |
| freesia | le freesia |
| gardenia | le gardénia |
| gentian | la gentiane |
| geranium | le géranium |
| gladiolus | le glaïeul |
| gladiolus | le gaïeul |
| hollyhock | la rose trémière, passerose |
| iris | l'iris (m) |
| lavender | la lavande |
| lily | le lys |
| mallow | la mauve |
| marigold | le souci |
| milkweed | l'asclépiade (f) |
| monkshood | l'aconit (m) |
| mullein | la molène |
| orchid | l'orchidée (f) |
| peony | la pivoine |
| periwinkle | la pervenche |
| petunia | le pétunia |
| poppy | le pavot, le coquelicot |
| primrose | la primevère |
| ranunculus | la renoncule |
| rose | la rose |
| sage | la sauge |
| snapdragon | le muflier |
| speedwell | la véronique |
| stonecrop | l'orpin (m) |
| sunflower | le tournesol |
| sweet flag | l'acore (f) |
| tulip | la tulipe |
| violet | la violette |
| windflower | l'anémone (f) |
| zinnia | la zinnia |
| FLOWER-RELATED VOCABULARY | |
| bouquet of flowers | une botte de fleurs |
| flower bed | un parterre de fleurs |
| wildflower | une fleure sauvage |
| wilted flower | une fleur fanée |
| florist | un(e) fleuriste |
| to go to the florist's shop | aller chez le/la fleuriste |
| botany | la botanique |
Related lessons:
More resources:
- Glossary of flowers in French (teleflora.com)
Bonjour! My name is David Issokson. I'm based in Victor, Idaho and have helped hundreds of students to learn French via Skype or Zoom since 2014. 
