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La fête de la Saint-Patrick
Ireland’s national holiday is the feast day of Saint Patrick and is celebrated by Irish people all over the world. Saint Patrick’s Day is observed in more countries than any other national holiday, and is a multi-day festival in Ireland itself.
Learn some French vocabulary related to this joyful celebration of Irish culture.
| March | mars | |
| March 17 | le 17 mars | |
| winter | l’hiver | |
| spring | le printemps | |
| the Emerald Isle | l’île d’Émeraude | |
| Ireland | l’Irlande | |
| Irish man Irish woman |
un Irlandais une Irlandaise |
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| Irish | irlandais(e) | |
| Gaelic | gaélique | |
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beer | la bière | ||
| Blarney Stone | la Pierre de Blarney la Pierre de l’éloquence |
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| cabbage | le chou | |||
| Celtic cross | la croix celtique la croix nimbée |
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| Christian | chrétien | |||
| clover | un trèfle | |||
| druid | un druide | |||
| Father, Son, and Holy Spirit | Père, Fils et Saint Esprit |  |
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| flag | le drapeau | |||
| four-leaf clover | un trèfle à quatre feuilles | |||
| good luck | le bonheur | |||
| green | vert | |||
| harp | une harpe | |||
| legend | une légende | |||
| leprechaun | un lutin | |||
| orange | orange | |||
| pagan | païen | |||
| parade | un défilé | |||
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potato | la pomme de terre | ||
| pot of gold | un chaudron rempli d’or | |||
| rainbow | un arc-en-ciel | |||
| saint | un saint | |||
| sermon | un sermon | |||
| shamrock | un trèfle | |||
| shillelagh | le gourdin irlandais | |||
| snake | un serpent | |||
| Trinity | la Trinité | |||
| white | blanc | |||
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| to bring good luck | porter le bonheur | |||
| to celebrate | célébrer | |||
| to chase away | chasser | |||
| to kiss | embrasser | |||
| to pinch | pincer |
Videos
Saint Patrick’s Day Quizzes
Think you’ve got it? Test yourself on some Saint Patrick’s Day French vocab with this fill-in-the-blank exercise: Ma Saint-Patrick
Also test yourself on telling time in this holiday-themed exercise: Une Saint-Patrick de folie !
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Related lessons
French vocabulary for other holidays
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