Pays et continents
Some countries have the same name in French and English, many have slight variations, and a few are completely different. This page has countries listed alphabetically by the English name; you can also see them listed alphabetically by the French name.
Like all French nouns, countries have gender, which determines not only the definite article but also which prepositions to use when talking about that country.
| Afghanistan |
|
l’Afghanistan |
(m) |
| Africa |
|
l’Afrique |
(f) |
| Albania |
|
l’Albanie |
(f) |
| Algeria |
|
l’Algérie |
(f) |
| America |
|
l’Amérique |
(f) |
| Andorra |
|
l’Andorre |
(f) |
| Angola |
|
l’Angola |
(m) |
| Antarctica |
|
l’Antarctique |
(m) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
|
l’Antigua-et-Barbuda |
(f) |
| Argentina |
|
l’Argentine |
(f) |
| Armenia |
|
l’Arménie |
(f) |
| Asia |
|
l’Asie |
(f) |
| Australia |
|
l’Australie |
(f) |
| Austria |
|
l’Autriche |
(f) |
| Azerbaijan |
|
l’Azerbaïdjan |
(m) |
| Bahamas |
|
les Bahamas |
(f) |
| Bahrain |
|
le Bahreïn |
|
| Bangladesh |
|
le Bangladesh |
|
| Barbados |
|
la Barbade |
|
| Belarus |
|
la Biélorussie |
|
| Belau |
|
Belau |
|
| Belgium |
|
la Belgique |
|
| Belize |
|
le Belize |
|
| Benin |
|
le Bénin |
|
| Bhutan |
|
le Bhoutan |
|
| Bolivia |
|
la Bolivie |
|
| Bosnia |
|
la Bosnie-Herzégovine |
|
| Botswana |
|
le Botswana |
|
| Brazil |
|
le Brésil |
|
| Brunei |
|
le Brunéi |
|
| Bulgaria |
|
la Bulgarie |
|
| Burkina-Faso |
|
le Burkina |
|
| Burma |
|
la Birmanie |
|
| Burundi |
|
le Burundi |
|
| Cambodia |
|
le Cambodge |
|
| Cameroon |
|
le Cameroun |
|
| Canada |
|
le Canada |
|
| Cape Verde Island |
|
le Cap-Vert |
|
| Central African Republic |
|
la République centrafricaine |
|
| Chad |
|
le Tchad |
|
| Chile |
|
le Chili |
|
| China |
|
la Chine |
|
| Colombia |
|
la Colombie |
|
| Comoro Islands |
|
les Comores |
(f) |
| Congo |
|
le Congo |
|
| Cook Islands |
|
les Îles Cook |
(f) |
| Costa Rica |
|
le Costa Rica |
|
| Croatia |
|
la Croatie |
|
| Cuba |
|
Cuba |
|
| Cyprus |
|
Chypre |
|
| Czechia |
|
la Tchéquie |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(formerly Zaire) |
|
la République démocratique du Congo
(autrefois le Zaïre) |
| Denmark |
|
le Danemark |
| Djibouti |
|
le Djibouti |
| Dominica |
|
la Dominique |
| Dominican Republic |
|
la République dominicaine |
| Ecuador |
|
l’Équateur |
(m) |
| Egypt |
|
l’Égypte |
(f) |
| El Salvador |
|
le Salvador |
|
| England |
|
l’Angleterre |
(f) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
|
la Guinée équatoriale |
|
| Eritrea |
|
l’Érythrée |
(f) |
| Estonia |
|
l’Estonie |
(f) |
| Ethiopia |
|
l’Éthiopie |
(f) |
| Europe |
|
l’Europe |
(f) |
| Fiji |
|
les Fidji |
(f) |
| Finland |
|
la Finlande |
|
| France |
|
la France |
|
| French Polynesia |
|
la Polynésie française |
|
| Gabon |
|
le Gabon |
|
| Gambia |
|
la Gambie |
|
| Georgia |
|
la Géorgie |
|
| Germany |
|
l’Allemagne |
(f) |
| Ghana |
|
le Ghana |
|
| Greece |
|
la Grèce |
|
| Grenada |
|
la Grenade |
|
| Guatemala |
|
le Guatemala |
|
| Guinea |
|
la Guinée |
|
| Guinea Bissau |
|
la Guinée-Bissao |
|
| Guyana |
|
la Guyana |
|
| Haiti |
|
Haïti |
| Honduras |
|
le Honduras |
| Hungary |
|
la Hongrie |
| Iceland |
|
l’Islande |
(f) |
| India |
|
l’Inde |
(f) |
| Indonesia |
|
l’Indonésie |
(f) |
| Iran |
|
l’Iran |
(m) |
| Iraq |
|
l’Irak |
(m) |
| Ireland |
|
l’Irlande |
(f) |
| Israel |
|
Israël |
(m) |
| Italy |
|
l’Italie |
(f) |
| Ivory Coast |
|
la Côte d’Ivoire |
|
| Jamaica |
|
la Jamaïque |
| Japan |
|
le Japon |
| Jordan |
|
la Jordanie |
| Kazakhstan |
|
le Kazakhstan |
|
| Kenya |
|
le Kenya |
|
| Kiribati |
|
les Kiribati |
(f) |
| Kuwait |
|
le Koweït |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
le Kirghizstan |
|
| Laos |
|
le Laos |
| Latvia |
|
la Lettonie |
| Lebanon |
|
le Liban |
| Lesotho |
|
le Lesotho |
| Liberia |
|
le Libéria |
| Libya |
|
la Libye |
| Liechtenstein |
|
le Liechtenstein |
| Lithuania |
|
la Lituanie |
| Luxembourg |
|
le Luxembourg |
| Macedonia |
|
la Macédoine |
|
| Madagascar |
|
Madagascar |
|
| Malawi |
|
le Malawi |
|
| Malaysia |
|
la Malaisie |
|
| Maldives |
|
les Maldives |
(f) |
| Mali |
|
le Mali |
|
| Malta |
|
Malte |
|
| Marshall Islands |
|
les Îles Marshall |
(f) |
| Mauritania |
|
la Mauritanie |
|
| Mauritius |
|
Île Maurice |
(f) |
| Mexico |
|
le Mexique |
|
| Micronesia |
|
la Micronésie |
|
| Moldavia |
|
la Moldavie |
|
| Monaco |
|
Monaco |
|
| Mongolia |
|
la Mongolie |
|
| Montenegro |
|
le Monténégro |
|
| Morocco |
|
le Maroc |
|
| Mozambique |
|
le Mozambique |
|
| Namibia |
|
la Namibie |
|
| Nauru |
|
la Nauru |
|
| Nepal |
|
le Népal |
|
| Netherlands |
|
les Pays-Bas |
(m) |
| New Zealand |
|
la Nouvelle-Zélande |
|
| Nicaragua |
|
le Nicaragua |
|
| Nieu |
|
Niué |
|
| Niger |
|
le Niger |
|
| Nigeria |
|
le Nigéria |
|
| North America |
|
l’Amérique du Nord* |
(f) |
| North Korea |
|
la Corée du Nord |
|
| Northern Ireland |
|
l’Irlande du Nord |
(f) |
| Norway |
|
la Norvège |
|
| Pakistan |
|
le Pakistan |
|
| Panama |
|
le Panama |
|
| Papua New Guinea |
|
la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée |
|
| Paraguay |
|
le Paraguay |
|
| Peru |
|
le Pérou |
|
| Philippines |
|
les Philippines |
(f) |
| Poland |
|
la Pologne |
|
| Portugal |
|
le Portugal |
|
| Romania |
|
la Roumanie |
| Russia |
|
la Russie |
| Rwanda |
|
le Rwanda |
| Saint Kitts-Nevis |
|
Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès |
|
| Saint Lucia |
|
Sainte-Lucie |
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines |
|
| Samoa |
|
le Samoa |
|
| San Marino |
|
Saint-Marin |
|
| Sao Tomé and Principe |
|
Sao Tomé et Principe |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
|
l’Arabie saoudite |
(f) |
| Scotland |
|
l’Écosse |
(f) |
| Senegal |
|
le Sénégal |
|
| Serbia |
|
la Serbie |
|
| Seychelles |
|
les Seychelles |
(f) |
| Sierra Leone |
|
la Sierra Leone |
|
| Slovakia |
|
la Slovaquie |
|
| Slovenia |
|
la Slovénie |
|
| Soloman Islands |
|
les Îles Salomon |
(f) |
| Somalia |
|
la Somalie |
|
| South Africa |
|
l’Afrique du Sud |
(f) |
| South America |
|
l’Amérique du Sud* |
(f) |
| South Korea |
|
la Corée du Sud |
|
| Spain |
|
l’Espagne |
(f) |
| Sri Lanka |
|
le Sri Lanka |
|
| Sudan |
|
le Soudan |
|
| Surinam |
|
le Surinam |
|
| Swaziland |
|
le Swaziland |
|
| Sweden |
|
la Suède |
|
| Switzerland |
|
la Suisse |
|
| Syria |
|
la Syrie |
|
| Tajikistan |
|
le Tadjikistan |
|
| Tanzania |
|
la Tanzanie |
|
| Thailand |
|
la Thaïlande |
|
| Togo |
|
le Togo |
|
| Tonga |
|
les Tonga |
(f) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
|
la Trinité-et-Tobago |
|
| Tunisia |
|
la Tunisie |
|
| Turkey |
|
la Turquie |
|
| Turkmenistan |
|
le Turkménistan |
|
| Tuvalu |
|
le Tuvalu |
|
| Uganda |
|
l’Ouganda |
(m) |
| Ukraine |
|
l’Ukraine |
(f) |
| United Arab Emirates |
|
les Émirats arabes unis |
(m) |
| United Kingdom |
|
le Royaume-Uni |
|
| United States (of America) |
|
les États-Unis (d’Amérique) |
(m) |
| Uruguay |
|
l’Uruguay |
(m) |
| USA |
|
les É-U |
(m) |
| Uzbekistan |
|
l’Ouzbékistan |
(m) |
| Vanuatu |
|
le Vanuatu |
| Vatican |
|
le Vatican |
| Venezuela |
|
le Venezuela |
| Vietnam |
|
le Viêt-Nam |
| Yemen |
|
le Yémen |
| Yugoslavia |
|
la Yougoslavie |
| Zambia |
|
la Zambie |
| Zimbabwe |
|
le Zimbabwe |
* In French, "North America" and "South America" are generally considered a single continent: l’Amérique (f).
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