Personality

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Personnalité

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but friendliness is in the heart and kindness is in the soul. Check out this French vocabulary to learn how to describe someone’s personality.

Asking about someone’s personality

To ask what a person is like, you need the verb être (to be):

What is he like?		Comment est-il ?
What is she like?		Comment est-elle ?

Describing someone’s personality

When describing someone, use être and remember to make the adjective agree with the person’s gender.

He / She is…		Il est…	Elle est…
boring		ennuyeux	ennuyeuse
brave		courageux	courageuse
cowardly		lâche	lâche
cunning, shrewd		malin	maline
friendly		amical	amicale
funny		drôle	drôle
hard-working		travailleur	travailleuse
impatient		impatient	impatiente
interesting		intéressant	intéressante
kind		gentil	gentille
lazy		paresseux	paresseuse
mean		méchant	méchante
naive		naïf	naïve
nice		sympathique sympa	sympathique sympa
open-minded		sans préjugés	sans préjugés
outgoing		ouvert	ouverte
patient		patient	patiente
patriotic		patriotique	patriotique
playful		taquin	taquine
quirky		excentrique	excentrique
serious		sérieux	sérieuse
shy		timide	timide
smart		intelligent	intelligente
snobbish		snob	snob
sophisticated		raffiné	raffinée
studious		studieux	studieuse
stupid		stupide	stupide
unfriendly		froid	froide
well-behaved		sage	sage

 Related lessons

• Adjectives
• Feelings
• People
• Physical descriptions
   

 En español

• Personalidad
   

 In italiano

• Personalità
   

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