French Meals Vocabulary & How To Say Meal In French

Lexique des repas

The word for meal in French is repas (pronounced ruh-pah). The following table contains vocabulary for the three meals in French: le petit-déjeuner (breakfast), le déjeuner (lunch) and le dîner (dinner). You’ll also find names of typical French foods for each meal as well as a short list of useful verbs.

Breakfast – le petit déjeuner

eggs les oeufs
scrambled eggs les oeufs brouillés
fried eggs, sunny side up les oeufs au plat
poached eggs les oeufs pochés
soft-boiled eggs les oeufs à la coque
stuffed egg un oeuf dur farci
omelet une omelette
cereal les céréales
cheese omelet une omelette au fromage
ham omelet une omelette au jambon
whipped cream omelet une omelette mousseline
a bowl of coffee un bol de café
baguette la baguette
bread le pain
brioche la brioche
butter le beurre
crepe, pancake une crêpe
croissant un croissant
French toast le pain perdu
jam la confiture
orange juice le jus d’orange
sweet pastry une chouquette

Lunch – le déjeuner

mixed salad une salade mixte
pâté le pâté
sandwich un sandwich
soup la soupe, le potage
terrine la terrine
quiche la quiche
cheese quiche une quiche au fromage
ham quiche une quiche au jambon
croque-monsieur un croque-monsieur
rice le riz
steak and fries le steak frites
French fries les frites

Diner – le dîner

aperatif, pre-dinner drink un apéritif
appetizer les hors-d’oeuvre variés
beef le beouf
chicken le poutlet
cutlet la côtelette
dumpling la boulette
filet le filet
fish stew la bouillabaisse
la salde salade
pasta les pâtes
pork le porc
rice with vegetables le riz au légumes
snails les escargots
steak and fries le bifstek
thick puree la purée

Dessert – le dessert

cake le gâteau
fruit tarlet la tartelette aux fruits
pie la tarte
apple pie la tate aux pommes
cherry pie la tarte aux cerises
chocolate pie la tarte au chocolat
peach pie la tarte aux pêches
sherbert le sorbet
ice cream la glace
vanilla ice cream la glace à la vanille
strawberry ice cream la glace à la fraise
chocolate ice cream la glace au chocolat

Useful verbs – les verbes

shop for food faire les courses
to be hungry avoir faim
to be thirsty avoir soif
to clear the table débarasser la table
to drink boire
to have a snack prendre un goûter
to have breakfast prendre le petit-déjeuner
to have dinner dîner
to have lunch déjeuner
to set the table mettre la table
to take out (food to go) emporter

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