This is a list of 20 common words for talking about drinks in French, each with IPA, audio, a translation and an example sentence. Play any word to hear it, check yourself in the quiz and download the list for Anki or Quizlet.
Drinks in French: l'eau, le lait, le café, le thé, le jus, le jus d'orange, la citronnade. The table below gives all 20 words with IPA, audio, a translation and an example sentence. A quiz of 10 questions checks what you remember, and the list can be downloaded for a spreadsheet, Quizlet or Anki.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| l'eau /o/ L'eau is feminine, although l' hides the gender. | water | Je bois de l'eau après le sport. I drink water after exercising. |
| le lait /lɛ/ | milk | Les enfants boivent du lait au petit déjeuner. The children drink milk at breakfast. |
| le café /kafe/ | coffee | Mon père prend un café chaque matin. My father has a coffee every morning. |
| le thé /te/ | tea | Nous buvons du thé après le dîner. We drink tea after dinner. |
| le jus /ʒy/ | juice | Elle prépare un jus pour le goûter. She prepares juice for snack time. |
| le jus d'orange /ʒy doʁɑ̃ʒ/ | orange juice | Je commande un jus d'orange au café. I order orange juice at the café. |
| la citronnade /sitʁɔnad/ | lemonade | Les enfants boivent de la citronnade dehors. The children drink lemonade outside. |
| la bière /bjɛʁ/ | beer | Il boit une bière avec ses amis. He drinks a beer with his friends. |
| le vin /vɛ̃/ | wine | Nous servons du vin avec le repas. We serve wine with the meal. |
| le chocolat chaud /ʃokola ʃo/ | hot chocolate | Je prends un chocolat chaud en hiver. I have hot chocolate in winter. |
| le smoothie | smoothie | Elle boit un smoothie après son cours. She drinks a smoothie after her class. |
| le milk-shake | milkshake | Paul commande un milk-shake à la vanille. Paul orders a vanilla milkshake. |
| l'eau gazeuse /o ɡazøz/ L'eau is feminine, although l' hides the gender. | sparkling water | Nous buvons de l'eau gazeuse au restaurant. We drink sparkling water at the restaurant. |
| le soda /soda/ | soft drink | Il choisit un soda sans glace. He chooses a soft drink without ice. |
| le cocktail /kɔktaj/ | cocktail | Nous partageons un cocktail sur la terrasse. We share a cocktail on the terrace. |
| l'espresso /ɛspʁɛso/ L'espresso is masculine, although l' hides the gender. | espresso | Je bois un espresso après le déjeuner. I drink an espresso after lunch. |
| le cappuccino /kaputʃino/ | cappuccino | Elle prend un cappuccino au café. She has a cappuccino at the café. |
| le thé glacé /te ɡlase/ | iced tea | Nous buvons du thé glacé en été. We drink iced tea in summer. |
| le thé vert /te vɛʁ/ Feminine: verte. | green tea | Ma sœur boit du thé vert chaque soir. My sister drinks green tea every evening. |
| le champagne /ʃɑ̃paɲ/ | champagne | Ils servent du champagne pour la fête. They serve champagne for the party. |
The list on this page has 20 words. The first ones are l'eau (water), le lait (milk), le café (coffee). Each comes with IPA, audio, a translation and an example sentence.
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