Spirited French Vocabulary
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Christmas is celebrated in many countries around the world, though the exact traditions and foods vary greatly.
To help you celebrate, wherever you may be, here are some general French Christmas terms.
| Christmas | Noël |
| Christmas Day | le jour de Noël |
| Christmas Eve | le Réveillon de Noël |
| Christmas party | la fête de Noël |
| Christmas sales | ~ Noël malin |
| December | décembre |
| Midnight Mass | la Messe de Minuit |
| winter | l’hiver |
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| Decorations and Details | Décorations et détails | ||
| angel | un ange | ||
| Bogeyman | Père Fouettard | ||
| candle | une bougie |  |
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| candy cane | un sucre d’orge | ||
| Christmas card | une carte de Noël | ||
| Christmas carol | un noël, un chant de Noël | ||
| Christmas present | un petit Noël, un cadeau de Noël | ||
| Christmas tree | un sapin de Noël, un arbre de Noël | ||
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game | un jeu | |
| gingerbread man | un bonhomme de pain d’épice(s) | ||
| manger | une crèche | ||
| miracle | un miracle | ||
| mistletoe | le gui | ||
| nativity scene | une crèche |  |
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| ornament | un bibelot, une boule de Noël | ||
| reindeer | un renne | ||
| ribbon | un ruban | ||
| saint figurine | un santon | ||
| Santa Claus | Père Noël, Papa Noël | ||
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shepherd | un berger | |
| sleigh | un traîneau | ||
| snow | la neige | ||
| snowball | une boule de neige | ||
| snowman | un bonhomme de neige | ||
| string of lights | une guirlande lumineuse |  |
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| stuffed animal | une peluche | ||
| toy | un jouet | ||
| wrapping paper | le papier cadeau | ||
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wreath | une couronne | |
| Christmas Verbs | Verbs de Noël | ||
| to give | donner | ||
| to open a present | ouvrir un cadeau | ||
| to receive | recevoir |  |
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| to wrap a present | emballer un cadeau | ||
| Christmas Foods | Aliments de Noël | ||
| Christmas feast | le Réveillon | ||
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Christmas loaf | le pain calendal | |
| chestnuts | châtaignes, marrons (masculine) | ||
| duck breast | magret de canard | ||
| lobster | le homard | ||
| oysters | les huîtres (feminine) | ||
| pheasant | le faisan | ||
| turkey | la dinde | ||
| white pudding | ~ le boudin blanc | ||
| Yule log | la bûche de Noël | ||
| Seasonal Expressions | Expressions de saison |  |
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| Christmas sales | Noël malin | ||
| Merry Christmas! | Joyeux Noël ! | ||
| Happy holidays! | Joyeuses fêtes ! | ||
| Season’s greetings! | Meilleurs vœux ! | ||
| A warm Christmas means a cold Easter | Noël au balcon, Pâques au tison | ||
| white Christmas | Noël sous la neige | ||
| ‘Tis the Season | C’est la saison | ||
| Advent | l’Avent | ||
| Epiphany, Twelfth Night | la Fête des Rois | ||
| Hanukkah | Hanoukka | ||
| New Year’s Day | le Jour de l’An | ||
| New Year’s Eve | la Saint-Sylvestre |
Practice with French Christmas vocabulary
French lesson plans
- Christmas in France and Canada (Lesson, 6th-8th grade)
- Color me: le cadeau (Worksheet, K-2nd grade)
- Color me: le sapin (Worksheet, K-2nd grade)
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