The French are known to like to have a drink together. In fact, even within the company, everyone knows that discussions at the coffee machine are sometimes more important than those during meetings.
- French vocabulary of drinking objects
- un verre
- un verre ballon
- un verre à vin
- un verre à eau
- un verre à Cognac
- un verre à whisky
- un verre à cocktail
- une flûte
- une coupe
- une chope
- une carafe
- une carafe à décanter
- un carafon
- un pichet
- une gourde
- une bouteille
- une bouteille isotherme
- une théière
- un biberon
- un gobelet
- une tasse
- l'anse de la tasse
- un bol
- un mug
- 📌 How do you order drinks in French?
- French verbs or expressions for drinking
- Conclusion
Any occasion is good to have an aperitif, a glass of wine and to remake the world.
But not only the aperitif, if you have ever been to France, you have certainly noticed that all the cities in France have many cafés, where you can see French people drinking a hot drink on the terrace. And that, every day of the week and at any time of the day, a true French love of coffee.
We can ask ourselves when the French work?? 😆
You certainly know that this is un verre (a glass):
And of course you know the verb boire (to drink).
But do you know all the vocabulary words and verbs related to drinking? I am not talking here about the specialized vocabulary around wine. The French are very good at giving nice words to this beverage.
That’s what we’re going to see together right now 😀
I’m going to show you :
- the 24 most common objects that we use to drink
- and a list of 20 verbs or expressions that the French use to talk about “drinking“
👉 with the French phonetics of the word.
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French vocabulary of drinking objects
un verre
a glass
un verre ballon
a balloon glass
un verre à vin
a wine glass
un verre à eau
a water glass
un verre à Cognac
a Cognac glass
✔️ Ecoute & lis…
L’art de boire
Quel que soit le breuvage, rien n’interdit de le déguster dans un contenant qui le magnifie
Aucun spécialiste ni amateur éclairé de vin ne peut souscrire au proverbe populaire voulant que le flacon importe peu tant qu’on a l’ivresse. Preuve en est que les oenologues, sommeliers et autres journalistes spécialisés sont de plus en plus nombreux à livrer leurs conseils avisés aux grandes cristalleries. Avec une ambition avouée : que leurs verres de dégustation ne soient pas seulement sublimes, mais qu’ils subliment aussi bouquets et cépages.
C’est le cas de Baccarat, qui peaufine, depuis 1995, ses services à dégustation sous le regard exigeant de Bruno Quenioux, fils de vignerons, passionné par le monde viticole, grand spécialiste des vins bio.
Source : Le Figaro
un verre à whisky
a whisky glass
un verre à cocktail
a cocktail glass
une flûte
a Champagne flute
une coupe
a Champagne cup
une chope
a beer mug
une carafe
a carafe
une carafe à décanter
a decanting carafe
un carafon
a decanter
un pichet
a pitcher
une gourde
a gourd
une bouteille
a bottle
une bouteille isotherme
an isothermal bottle
une théière
a teapot
un biberon
a baby bottle
un gobelet
a tumbler
une tasse
a cup
l’anse de la tasse
the handle of the cup
un bol
a bowl
un mug
a mug
📌 How do you order drinks in French?
In France, they don’t just drink wine with their meals- they also enjoy aperitifs before dinner and digestifs after. If you want to blend in like a seasoned French foodie, it’s important to know how to order your drinks correctly:
- When ordering an aperitif, simply ask for un apéritif, s’il vous plaît.
- To order a glass of wine with dinner, you can say une bouteille de vin rouge, s’il vous plaît or une bouteille de vin blanc, s’il vous plaît.
- And when you’re ready for a digestif, you can say un digestif, s’il vous plaît.
So there you have it- with these few simple phrases, you’ll be ordering drinks like a native Frenchman in no time and you will then be ready to go and enjoy some good drinks on the French Riviera.
French verbs or expressions for drinking
boire
to drink
Drink in large quantities.
Generally used for animals.
s’abreuver
to drink a lot
Pass the liquid (water, wine, etc.)
from his mouth to his stomach.
avaler
to swallow
To swallow, we activate the déglutir function.
déglutir
to deglutir
laper
to lap
Expression to say that we will stop our thirst,
by drinking a lot.
étancher sa soif
to quench your thirst
Verb synonymous with the expression
étancher sa soif.
se désaltérer
to quench oneself
se rafraîchir
to cool off
trinquer
to toast
Expressions used when toasting.
Tchin tchin ! – Santé !
Cheers!
Expression to designate the fact of drinking alcohol.
lever le coude
to drink alcohol
Drinking alcohol on a regular basis.
⚠️ colloquial language
picoler
to drink up
Drinking too much alcohol.
s’enivrer
to get drunk
Drinking too much alcohol.
s’imbiber
soak up
Drinking too much alcohol.
💡 You can also use another spelling to write the verb : saouler
se soûler
to get drunk
To drink.
⚠️ colloquial language
se taper un verre
to have a drink
Drink slowly, while enjoying yourself.
siroter
to sip
Drink very quickly.
This is the opposite of siroter.
se siffler
to whistle
sentir
to smell
Synonymous with sentir,
but in a more delicate way.
humer
to smell (more delicate)
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Conclusion
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