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Grateful French Vocabulary
Thanksgiving is an American holiday, but there’s no reason you can’t talk about it in French – once you learn the relevant vocabulary with this lesson.
| Thanksgiving | le jour de l’action de grâce |
| autumn, fall | l’automne |
| November | novembre |
| Thursday | jeudi |
| fourth Thursday in November | le quatrième jeudi de novembre |
| long weekend | un weekend prolongé un pont (faire le pont) |
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Origins and Traditions | Origines et traditions | |
| colony | une colonie | ||
| family | la famille | ||
| feast | un festin, un banquet | ||
| football | le football américain | ||
| grateful (adj) | reconnaissant | ||
| harvest | la récolte | ||
| native (adj) | indigène |  |
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| Native American Indian | un Indien d’Amérique | ||
| parade | une parade | ||
| Pilgrim | un pèlerin | ||
| settler | un colonisateur | ||
| thanks | les remerciements | ||
| treaty | un pacte | ||
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tribe | une tribu | |
| Thanksgiving Decorations | Décorations du jour de l’action de grâce | ||
| candle | une bougie | ||
| gourd | une gourde | ||
| horn of plenty | une corne d’abondance | ||
| leaf | une feuille | ||
| scarecrow | un épouvantail | ||
| Thanksgiving Verbs | Verbes pour le jour de l’action de grâce | ||
| to be grateful | être reconnaissant |  |
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| to express oneself | s’exprimer | ||
| to feast | banqueter, festoyer | ||
| to share | partager | ||
| to take a 4-day weekend | faire le pont | ||
| to thank | remercier | ||
Thanksgiving Food ~ Aliments du jour de l’action de grâce
The food served for the Thanksgiving feast varies from home to home, but here are some traditional dishes.
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| apple pie | la tarte aux pommes | ||
| bread | le pain | ||
| corn | le maïs | ||
| cranberry | la canneberge | ||
| gravy | la sauce au jus de viande | ||
| mashed potatoes | la purée | ||
| pumpkin pie | la tarte à la citrouille | ||
| stuffing | la farce |  |
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| sweet potato | la patate douce | ||
| turkey | la dinde | ||
| yam | une igname |
Quizzes
French Lesson Plans
- Color me: Thanksgiving turkey (Worksheet, K-2nd grade)
- In the pumpkin (Lesson, 3rd-8th grade)
Related lessons
- Thank you in French
- Merci de vs merci pour
- Calendar
- Dates
- Food
- le Vendredi fou (Black Friday)
More Thanksgiving Fun
French Reading Practice
French vocabulary for other holidays
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Thanksgiving is also celebrated in Canada, but in early October not late November. For the millions of Canadians whose main language is French, jour de l’action de grace, is in use a lot.