les paysages
On this page you’ll find a list of landscape vocabulary words in French. The list consists of almost all kinds of landscapes including mountains, plains, dessert, etc. Most of these words are unique to the French language and not to similar with English. However, some words are the same such as “le plateau” for plateau and “la gorge” for gorge.
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| le paysage landscape | la plaine plane | le désert desert |
| le bois woods | la forêt forest/woods | la forêt tropicale rainforest |
| le pré meadow | le marais swamp | la prairie grassland |
| le ruiseau stream | le lac lake | la cascade waterfall |
| le geyser geyser | la falaise cliff | la côte coast |
| le récif de corail coral reef | l’esturaire estuary | la montagne mountain |
| la rivière river | la colline hill | la gorge gorge |
| le plateau plateau | la caverne cave | la vallée valley |
Related lessons:
- Weather Expressions
- Nature Words
- Geography terms
- Names of countries
- Geographical prepositions
- Phrases for travelers
More resources:
- Geography terms (French glossary)
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