Countries and 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 French name; you can also see them listed alphabetically by the English 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.
| l’Afghanistan |
(m) |
|
Afghanistan |
| l’Afrique |
(f) |
|
Africa |
| l’Afrique du Sud |
(f) |
|
South Africa |
| l’Albanie |
(f) |
|
Albania |
| l’Algérie |
(f) |
|
Algeria |
| l’Allemagne |
(f) |
|
Germany |
| l’Amérique* |
(f) |
|
America |
| l’Andorre |
(f) |
|
Andorra |
| l’Angleterre |
(f) |
|
England |
| l’Angola |
(m) |
|
Angola |
| l’Antarctique |
(m) |
|
Antarctica |
| l’Antigua-et-Barbuda |
(f) |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
| l’Arabie saoudite |
(f) |
|
Saudi Arabia |
| l’Argentine |
(f) |
|
Argentina |
| l’Arménie |
(f) |
|
Armenia |
| l’Asie |
(f) |
|
Asia |
| l’Australie |
(f) |
|
Australia |
| l’Autriche |
(f) |
|
Austria |
| l’Azerbaïdjan |
(m) |
|
Azerbaijan |
* In French, "North America" and "South America" are generally considered a single continent.
| les Bahamas |
(f) |
|
Bahamas |
| le Bahreïn |
|
|
Bahrain |
| le Bangladesh |
|
|
Bangladesh |
| la Barbade |
|
|
Barbados |
| Belau |
|
|
Belau |
| la Belgique |
|
|
Belgium |
| le Belize |
|
|
Belize |
| le Bénin |
|
|
Benin |
| le Bhoutan |
|
|
Bhutan |
| la Biélorussie |
|
|
Belarus |
| la Birmanie |
|
|
Burma |
| la Bolivie |
|
|
Bolivia |
| la Bosnie-Herzégovine |
|
|
Bosnia |
| le Botswana |
|
|
Botswana |
| le Brésil |
|
|
Brazil |
| le Brunéi |
|
|
Brunei |
| la Bulgarie |
|
|
Bulgaria |
| le Burkina |
|
|
Burkina-Faso |
| le Burundi |
|
|
Burundi |
| le Cambodge |
|
|
Cambodia |
| le Cameroun |
|
|
Cameroon |
| le Canada |
|
|
Canada |
| le Cap-Vert |
|
|
Cape Verde Island |
| le Chili |
|
|
Chile |
| la Chine |
|
|
China |
| Chypre |
|
|
Cyprus |
| la Colombie |
|
|
Colombia |
| les Comores |
(f) |
|
Comoro Islands |
| le Congo |
|
|
Congo |
| la Corée du Nord |
|
|
North Korea |
| la Corée du Sud |
|
|
South Korea |
| le Costa Rica |
|
|
Costa Rica |
| la Côte d’Ivoire |
|
|
Ivory Coast |
| la Croatie |
|
|
Croatia |
| Cuba |
|
|
Cuba |
| le Danemark |
|
Denmark |
| le Djibouti |
|
Djibouti |
| la Dominique |
|
Dominica |
| l’Écosse |
(f) |
|
Scotland |
| l’Égypte |
(f) |
|
Egypt |
| les Émirats arabes unis |
(m) |
|
United Arab Emirates |
| l’Équateur |
(m) |
|
Ecuador |
| l’Érythrée |
(f) |
|
Eritrea |
| l’Espagne |
(f) |
|
Spain |
| l’Estonie |
(f) |
|
Estonia |
| les États-Unis (d’Amérique) |
(m) |
|
United States (of America) |
| l’Éthiopie |
(f) |
|
Ethiopia |
| les É-U |
(m) |
|
USA |
| l’Europe |
(f) |
|
Europe |
| les Fidji |
(f) |
|
Fiji |
| la Finlande |
|
|
Finland |
| la France |
|
|
France |
| le Gabon |
|
Gabon |
| la Gambie |
|
Gambia |
| la Géorgie |
|
Georgia |
| le Ghana |
|
Ghana |
| la Grèce |
|
Greece |
| la Grenade |
|
Grenada |
| le Guatemala |
|
Guatemala |
| la Guinée |
|
Guinea |
| la Guinée-Bissao |
|
Guinea Bissau |
| la Guinée équatoriale |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
| la Guyana |
|
Guyana |
| Haïti |
|
Haiti |
| le Honduras |
|
Honduras |
| la Hongrie |
|
Hungary |
| Île Maurice |
(f) |
|
Mauritius |
| les Îles Cook |
(f) |
|
Cook Islands |
| les Îles Marshall |
(f) |
|
Marshall Islands |
| les Îles Salomon |
(f) |
|
Soloman Islands |
| l’Inde |
(f) |
|
India |
| l’Indonésie |
(f) |
|
Indonesia |
| l’Irak |
(m) |
|
Iraq |
| l’Iran |
(m) |
|
Iran |
| l’Irlande |
(f) |
|
Ireland |
| l’Irlande du Nord |
(f) |
|
Northern Ireland |
| l’Islande |
(f) |
|
Iceland |
| Israël |
(m) |
|
Israel |
| l’Italie |
(f) |
|
Italy |
| la Jamaïque |
|
Jamaica |
| le Japon |
|
Japan |
| la Jordanie |
|
Jordan |
| le Kazakhstan |
|
|
Kazakhstan |
| le Kenya |
|
|
Kenya |
| le Kirghizstan |
|
|
Kyrgyzstan |
| les Kiribati |
(f) |
|
Kiribati |
| le Koweït |
|
|
Kuwait |
| le Laos |
|
Laos |
| le Lesotho |
|
Lesotho |
| la Lettonie |
|
Latvia |
| le Liban |
|
Lebanon |
| le Libéria |
|
Liberia |
| la Libye |
|
Libya |
| le Liechtenstein |
|
Liechtenstein |
| la Lituanie |
|
Lithuania |
| le Luxembourg |
|
Luxembourg |
| la Macédoine |
|
|
Macedonia |
| Madagascar |
|
|
Madagascar |
| la Malaisie |
|
|
Malaysia |
| le Malawi |
|
|
Malawi |
| les Maldives |
(f) |
|
Maldives |
| le Mali |
|
|
Mali |
| Malte |
|
|
Malta |
| le Maroc |
|
|
Morocco |
| la Mauritanie |
|
|
Mauritania |
| le Mexique |
|
|
Mexico |
| la Micronésie |
|
|
Micronesia |
| la Moldavie |
|
|
Moldavia |
| Monaco |
|
|
Monaco |
| la Mongolie |
|
|
Mongolia |
| le Monténégro |
|
|
Montenegro |
| le Mozambique |
|
|
Mozambique |
| la Namibie |
|
Namibia |
| la Nauru |
|
Nauru |
| le Népal |
|
Nepal |
| le Nicaragua |
|
Nicaragua |
| le Niger |
|
Niger |
| le Nigéria |
|
Nigeria |
| Niué |
|
Nieu |
| la Norvège |
|
Norway |
| la Nouvelle-Zélande |
|
New Zealand |
| l’Oman |
(m) |
|
Oman |
| l’Ouganda |
(m) |
|
Uganda |
| l’Ouzbékistan |
(m) |
|
Uzbekistan |
| le Pakistan |
|
|
Pakistan |
| le Panama |
|
|
Panama |
| la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée |
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
| le Paraguay |
|
|
Paraguay |
| les Pays-Bas |
(m) |
|
Netherlands |
| le pays de Galles |
|
|
Wales |
| le Pérou |
|
|
Peru |
| les Philippines |
(f) |
|
Philippines |
| la Pologne |
|
|
Poland |
| la Polynésie française |
|
|
French Polynesia |
| le Portugal |
|
|
Portugal |
| la République centrafricaine |
|
Central African Republic |
la République démocratique du Congo
(autrefois le Zaïre) |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(formerly Zaire) |
| la République dominicaine |
|
Dominican Republic |
| la Roumanie |
|
Romania |
| le Royaume-Uni |
|
United Kingdom |
| la Russie |
|
Russia |
| le Rwanda |
|
Rwanda |
| Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès |
|
|
Saint Kitts-Nevis |
| Saint-Marin |
|
|
San Marino |
| Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines |
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Sainte-Lucie |
|
|
Saint Lucia |
| le Salvador |
|
|
El Salvador |
| le Samoa |
|
|
Samoa |
| Sao Tomé et Principe |
|
|
Sao Tomé and Principe |
| le Sénégal |
|
|
Senegal |
| la Serbie |
|
|
Serbia |
| les Seychelles |
(f) |
|
Seychelles |
| la Sierra Leone |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
| la Slovaquie |
|
|
Slovakia |
| la Slovénie |
|
|
Slovenia |
| la Somalie |
|
|
Somalia |
| le Soudan |
|
|
Sudan |
| le Sri Lanka |
|
|
Sri Lanka |
| la Suède |
|
|
Sweden |
| la Suisse |
|
|
Switzerland |
| le Surinam |
|
|
Surinam |
| le Swaziland |
|
|
Swaziland |
| la Syrie |
|
|
Syria |
| le Tadjikistan |
|
|
Tajikistan |
| la Tanzanie |
|
|
Tanzania |
| le Tchad |
|
|
Chad |
| la Tchéquie |
|
|
Czechia |
| la Thaïlande |
|
|
Thailand |
| le Togo |
|
|
Togo |
| les Tonga |
(f) |
|
Tonga |
| la Trinité-et-Tobago |
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
| la Tunisie |
|
|
Tunisia |
| le Turkménistan |
|
|
Turkmenistan |
| la Turquie |
|
|
Turkey |
| le Tuvalu |
|
|
Tuvalu |
| l’Ukraine |
(f) |
|
Ukraine |
| l’Uruguay |
(m) |
|
Uruguay |
| le Vanuatu |
|
Vanuatu |
| le Vatican |
|
Vatican |
| le Venezuela |
|
Venezuela |
| le Viêt-Nam |
|
Vietnam |
| le Yémen |
|
Yemen |
| la Yougoslavie |
|
Yugoslavia |
| la Zambie |
|
Zambia |
| le Zimbabwe |
|
Zimbabwe |
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