French Weather Vocabulary - Le Temps
Ready to make the ultimate small talk? Learn to chat about the weather in French. Click on the links to hear each word and phrase pronounced in French.
Note that in French, you cannot express what the weather is like using the verb être (to be); you must use the impersonal verbfaire.
French weather expressions
weather | le temps | |||||
weather forecast | la météo | |||||
How's the weather? | Quel temps fait-il ? | |||||
It's ... | Il fait ... | (faire) | ||||
hot | chaud | |||||
cold | froid | |||||
cool | frais | |||||
nice out | beau | |||||
bad weather | mauvais | |||||
humid | humide | |||||
heavy | lourd | |||||
windy | du vent | |||||
sunny | du soleil | |||||
foggy | du brouillard | |||||
cloudy | nuageux | |||||
stormy | orageux | |||||
It's ... | Il ... | |||||
raining | pleut | (pleuvoir) | ||||
pouring | pleut à verse | |||||
snowing | neige | (neiger) | ||||
freezing | gèle | (geler) |
Note that in French, you cannot express what the weather is like using the verb être (to be); you must use the impersonal verbfaire.
French weather expressions
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