List 7 - Food and drink
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At home, at the restaurants and cafes and in the supermarket, grocery or in other specialist food shops, here are some of the expressions you may need.
Naming foods and drinks
If you are naming these in general, you can use the definite article: "le"/"la"/"les", eg
"J'aime le fromage" (I like cheese - referring to cheese in general). If you are referring to buying or eating some, you would use the partitive article: "du"/"de la"/"des", eg
"Je voudrais du fromage" (I would like some cheese - not necessarily all the cheese!).
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| le beurre |
butter |
| la bouillabaisse |
fish soup |
| le café |
coffee |
| la carotte |
carrot |
| le coq au veau |
chicken cooked in wine |
| les coquilles Saint-Jacques |
scallops (real ones, not potato ones) |
| les fruits de mer |
seafood |
| le fromage |
cheese |
| la glace |
ice cream |
| le lait |
milk |
| la laitue / la salade verte |
lettuce |
| les légumes |
vegetables |
| la mousse au chocolat |
chocolate mousse |
| un oeuf |
egg |
| une orange |
orange |
| le pain |
bread |
| les petits-pois |
peas |
| le poisson |
fish |
| la pomme |
apple |
| la pomme de terre |
potato |
| les pommes (de terre) frites |
chips (fried) |
| le porc |
pork |
| le potage / la soupe |
soup |
| le poulet |
chicken |
| la glace |
ice cream |
| la quiche lorraine |
quiche lorraine |
| le riz (don't say the "z") |
rice |
| la salade de fruits |
fruit salad |
| le steack |
steak |
| le sucre |
sugar |
| le thé |
tea |
| la tomate |
tomato |
| le veau |
veal |
| la viande |
meat |
| le vin |
wine |
Phrases to use about eating and drinking
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| l'addition |
bill |
| la carte |
menu in the sense of the printed object (see also "le menu") |
| le dessert |
dessert |
| la glace |
ice cream |
| les hors-d'oeuvres |
entree |
| un plat |
dish, menu item |
| le plat principal |
main course |
| je voudrais du lait s'il vous plaît |
I'd like some milk please |
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