French vocabulary for food and eating

Select a topic to learn French vocabulary for food, ingredients, meals, cooking, shopping, restaurants, and eating.

Alcoholic drinks A2 Learn French vocabulary for beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks, including how to order drinks in bars, cafés, and restaurants.
At a café A2 Learn how to order drinks and food, make simple requests, and pay at a café in French.
At a restaurant A2 Learn useful French phrases for getting a table, ordering food and drinks, responding to a server, and paying at a restaurant.
At the grocery store A2 Learn grocery store vocabulary in French, including store sections, packaging, finding products, and paying at the checkout.
Bistrot, brasserie, or café? A2 Learn the differences between a bistrot, brasserie, and café and what to expect at each in France.
Boulangerie, pâtisserie, and viennoiserie A2 Learn the difference between boulangerie, pâtisserie, and viennoiserie in French.
Bread and baked goods A2 Learn common French words for bread, pastries, and other baked goods.
Communicating food allergies and intolerances A2 Learn how to explain food allergies and intolerances in French, recognize common allergens, and ask about ingredients.
Cooking and preparing food in French A2 Learn French verbs and expressions for preparing ingredients, cooking food, and following cooking instructions.
Dairy products in French A2 Learn French vocabulary for milk, butter, cream, yogurt, and other common dairy products.
Desserts and sweets in French A2 Learn French vocabulary for common desserts, pastries, ice cream, sweets, and flavors.
Drinks and drink vocabulary A2 Learn common drinks in French and how to specify the type, container, and way a drink is served.
Fish and seafood in French A2 Learn common fish and seafood vocabulary in French and how to recognize these foods at markets, shops, and restaurants.
Food preferences and dietary needs in French A2 Learn how to talk about food preferences and dietary needs in French.
Food quantities and portions A2 Learn how to talk about portions and servings of food in French, including slices, pieces, serving sizes, and sharing.
Fruit in French A2 Learn common fruit vocabulary in French, including berries, tropical fruits, parts of a fruit, flavors, and how fruit is sold.
How to describe food in French A2 Learn French words for describing the taste, texture, temperature, cooking, and quality of food.
Meals of the day in French A2 Learn the names of meals in French, how to talk about breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and how meal names vary across the Francophone world.
Meat and poultry A2 Learn meat and poultry vocabulary in French, including common cuts, prepared meats, cooking methods, and useful phrases for buying and ordering meat.
Menus and ordering food A2 Learn how to read a French restaurant menu, understand set menus and common choices, order food, and respond to questions from a server.
Quantities and measurements A2 Learn common French quantities and measurements for food, including metric units, portions, containers, and expressions used in recipes.
Reading a French restaurant menu A2 Learn how to read a French restaurant menu, recognize its main sections, and work out what unfamiliar dishes mean.
Reading recipes in French B1 Learn how to read a French recipe by recognizing cooking instructions, quantities, time, and heat.
Shopping at a French market B1 Learn how to talk with vendors, ask about products, and shop at a French market.
Spices and seasonings A2 Learn common spices, herbs, and seasonings in French, and understand how they are used to describe flavor and season food.
The kitchen and cooking equipment in French A2 Learn French words for the kitchen, cookware, and common tools used to prepare food.
Understanding and buying cheese in French A2 Learn French vocabulary for cheese, including common cheeses, types of milk, and buying cheese.
Vegetables A2 Learn common vegetables in French and the words used to describe, buy, prepare, and recognize them on menus.

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