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French Hobbies Vocabulary

French Hobbies Vocabulary

On this page you’ll find a list of over 100 French hobby vocabulary words. This list covers lots of activities including sports, games, music, arts and much more. Where appropriate we’ve listed both the verb and noun for the given hobby, separated by a comma. Many sports are also hobbies.

French hobbies vocabulary

Academic

Making family trees has become very popular over the past few years. This page covers family vocabulary extensively. If you’re interested in learning foreign languages, this page covers French names for languages and nationalities.

"I study languages" in French: J'étudie les languages.
  • genealogy faire de la généalogie, la généalogie
  • studying languages étudier les langues, les languages

Music and performing

Are you a creative musician? This page covers the names of musical instruments in French and this page offers a complete list of French music vocabulary.

  • listening to music écouter de la musique, la musique
  • playing music jouer de la musique, la musique
  • puppetry faire des marionnettes, les marionnettes (f.p.)
  • singing faire du chant, chanter le chant
  • stand-up comedy faire du stand-up, le stand-up

Animals

Are you into dos and dog breeding? This page offers a complete list of dog breed names in French. This page offers a much more complete list of French animal vocabulary.

  • dog breeding l’élevage des chiens
  • dog training le dressage des chiens
  • taxidermy faire de la taxidermie, la taxidermie

Arts, crafts, handiwork

Are you into arts and crafts? The French love art and hold artists in very high esteem. This page offers an extensive list of French art vocabulary, with a focus on words for painting.

"I do pottery" in French: Je fais de la poterie.
  • crocheting faire du crochet, le crochet
  • embroidery faire de la broderie, la broderie
  • graffiti faire du graffiti, le graffiti
  • handicrafts faire des artisanats, les artisanats (m)
  • jewelry making faire des bijoux, les bijoux (m)
  • knitting faire du tricot, le tricot
  • lace making faire de la dentellerie, la dentellerie
  • macrame faire du macramé, le macramé
  • metalworking faire du travail du métal, le travail du métal
  • origami faire de l’origami, l’origami (m)
  • paper maché faire du papier mâché, les papier mâché
  • pottery faire de la poterie, la poterie
  • quilting faire du matelassage, le matelassage
  • scrapbooking faire du scrapbooking, le scrapbooking
  • sculpting faire de la sculpture, la sculpture
  • soap making faire du savon, le savon
  • woodworking faire de la menuiserie, la menuiserie

Clothes and fashion

It’s not a well-known secret that the French are very much into fashion and love looking “chic“! This page covers French clothing vocabulary in detail.

  • fashion design faire du stylisme, le stylisme
  • clothes making coudre ses vêtements

Collections

  • book collecting collectionner les livres
  • button collecting collectionner les boutons
  • coin collecting collectionner les pièces de monnaie
  • comic book collecting collecctionner les bandes dessinées
  • antique collecting collectionner les antiquités
  • banknote collecting collectionner les billets de banque
  • doll collecting collectionner les poupées
  • gemstone collecting collectionner les pierres précieuses
  • gun collecting collectionner les armes
  • insect collecting collectionner les insectes
  • keychain collecting collectionner les porte-clés
  • model car collecting collectionner les voitures miniatures
  • stamp collecting faire de la philatélie (f) la philatélie (f)
  • watch collecting collectionnery les montres

Creative

  • acting faire du théâtre, de l’art dramatique le théâtre, l’art dramatique
  • blogging tenir un blog, un blog
  • bonsai trees faire des bonsaïs, un bonsaï
  • calligraphy faire de la calligraphie, la calligraphie
  • car restoration faire de la restauration de vieilles voitures
  • creative writing faire de l’écriture créative, l’écriture créative (f)
  • drawing faire du dessin, le dessin
  • film making faire de la réalisation, la réalisation
  • photography faire de la photographie, la photographie
  • poetry writing écrire de la poésie, la poésie
  • songwriting faire de la composition de chansons, l’écriture / composition de chansons (f)
  • website design faire des sites web, Internet un site web, Internet

Entertainment

Are you a big reader? This page provides a complete list of French vocabulary related to books.

  • going to the movies aller au cinéma le cinéma
  • going to the theater aller au théâtre
  • novel reading faire de l’écriture des romains (f)
  • reading faire de la lecture, la lecture
  • shopping faire du shopping, le shopping
  • watching movies regarder des films, les films
  • watching TV regarder, la télévision

Food and beverage

Are you a big cook? The French love their exquisite cuisine! This page offers a very complete list of food vocabulary. On this page you can learn a complete list of French cooking words.

  • baking faire des gâteaux, du pain
  • cooking faire la cuisine, la cuisine
  • homebrewing faire du brassage amateur, le brassage
  • wine making faire de la vinification, la vinification
  • wine tasting faire la dégustation de vin, la dégustation de vin

Games and puzzles

Are you into playing games? This page offers a complete list of vocabulary for board games and play cards.

  • card tricks faire des tours de cartes, un tour de cartes
  • crossword puzzles faire les mots croisés, les mots croisés (m)
  • magic tricks faire des tours de magie, les tours de magie
  • playing billiards, pool jouer au billard, le billard
  • playing boardgames jouer aux jeux de société, les jeux de société (m)
  • playing chess jouer aux échecs, les échecs
  • playing video games jouer aux jeux vidéo, les jeux vidéo (m)
  • playing with marbles jouer aux billes les billes (f)
  • puzzles faire un puzzle, un puzzle
  • rail transport modeling jouer aux trains électrique, un train électrique

Home and garden

Are you a busy homemaker? This page covers French gardening vocabulary and this page covers an extensive list of French flower names. Into DIY projects? This page covers DIY vocabulary.

"I do gardening" in French: Je fais du jardinage.
  • floristry faire de l’art floral, l’art floral (m)
  • gardening faire du jardinage, le jardinage
  • houseplant care garder des plantes d’intérieur, les plantes d’intérieur (f)
  • hydroponics faire de l’hydroponie, l’hydroponie (f)
  • DIY faire du bricolage

Money and investing

Into money and investing? This page covers French business vocabulary.

  • investing faire des investissements, les investissements (m)
  • playing the stock market jouer à la bourse, la bourse

Nature, outdoor

Are you an outdoorsy type? This page offers a complete list of different kinds of trees. This page covers camping vocabulary.

  • birdwatching faire de l’observation des oiseaux, l’observation des oiseaux (f)
  • camping faire du camping, le camping
  • hiking faire de la randonée

Science

Are you into science? These lessons cover hundreds of science words: Science, Physics and Environment.

  • astrology faire de l’astrologie, l’astrologie (f)
  • computer programming faire de la programmation, la programmation

Self-betterment, new-age

  • meditation faire de la méditation, la méditation
  • reiki faire du reiki, le reiki
  • palm reading pratiquer la chiromancie, la chiromancie
  • tarot card reading lire les cartes de tarot, les cartes de tarot (f)

Sports, outdoors, physical activities

Are you an athlete? This page covers over 120 French sports terms.

  • archery faire du tir à l’arc le tir à l’arc
  • bike riding faire du cyclisme, vélo
  • dancing faire de la dance, la dance
  • exercising faire du sport, de l’exercise le sport, l’exercise (f)
  • fishing aller à la pêche, la pêche
  • geocaching faire du géocaching, le géocaching
  • hiking faire de la randonnée, la randonnée
  • hunting faire la chasse la chasse
  • juggling faire de la jonglerie du jonglage, la jonglerie, le jonglage
  • kite flying faire du cerf-volant, le cerf-volant
  • rock collecting collectionner, les minéraux
  • stone skipping faire des ricochets, les ricochets (m)

Here you’ll find a complete list of French sports vocabulary Here are some more fun hobbies-related vocabulary lists: Gardening, cycling, golf, music, soccer, photography.

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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 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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