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Flower Names

Flower Names

This French this lesson provides a list of over 50 flower names in French. Whether it’s la rose or la tulipe, you’ll find the flower listed here.

French flower names

  • 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
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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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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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