French Thanksgiving Vocabulary (50+ Words with Free PDF)

Lexique De L’Action De Grâce

Thanksgiving is a fun family holiday celebrated throughout North America. While it’s not celebrated in France, it is celebrated by the French Canadians. On this page we will answer the question, “What are some useful French Thanksgiving vocabulary words?”

The most important French Thanksgiving vocabulary words include: L’Action de Grâce (Thanksgiving), la dinde (turkey), la farce (stuffing), la tarte à la citrouille (pumpkin pie) and les pèlerin (m) pilgrims. This page contains a list of several more French Thanksgiving terms.

Thanksgiving menu

Main dishes

la dinde turkey
la farce stuffing
la purée mashed potatoes
la sauce au jus de viande gravy
le jambon ham
le jambon venison

Side dishes

la courge (f) squash
la sauce de canneberge cranberry sauce
le pain de maïs corn bread
le petit pain roll
le ragoût aux haricots verts green bean casserole
les feuilles de chou cavalier collard greens
les ignames (f) yams
les pâtes au fromage macaroni and cheese

Dessert

la tarte à la citrouille pumpkin pie
la tarte à la noix de pécan pecan pie
la tarte à la patate douce sweet potato pie
la tarte aux cerises cherry pie
la tarte aux pommes apple pie
la tartelette fourrée de fruits secs mince pie

Historical terms

la Nouvelle-Angleterre New England
la récolte harvest
la tribu Wampanoag Wampanoag Tribe
le Nouveau Monde the New World
les Amérindien Native Americans
les colonies (f) colonies
les colons (m) Colonists
les pèlerin (m) pilgrims
les Puritains Puritans
un pacte treaty

More Thanksgiving vocabulary

l’automne (m) autumn, fall
la circulation traffic
la famille family
la reconnaissance, gratitude gratitude
le défilé parade
le dernier jeudi de novembre the last Thursday of November
les fêtes de fin d’année holiday season
les feuilles d’automne autumn leaves
un match de football américain football game
une citrouille, un potiron pumpkin
une réunion de famille a family gathering

Thanksgiving verbs

bien manger, festoyer to feast, have a good meal
découper la dinde to carve the turkey
être reconnaissant to be grateful
faire le pont to take a long weekend
partager to share
réunir la famille to unite the family

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