French Vocab - Festivals and Celebrations

fête

celebration/party

célébration

celebration

tradition

tradition

invité(s)

guest(s)

cadeau

gift

décoration

decoration

feux d’artifice

fireworks

repas

meal

célébrer

to celebrate

inviter

to invite

décorer

to decorate

offrir

to offer/give (a gift)

fêter

to party/celebrate

manger

to eat

danser

to dance

partager

to share

Noël

Christmas

le 14 juillet

Bastille Day (National Day in France)

Pâques

Easter

la Toussaint

All Saints’ Day

joyeux(-euse)

joyful, happy

familial(e)

family-oriented

festif(-ve)

festive

traditionnel(le)

traditional

coloré(e)

colorful

religieux(-euse)

religious

animé(e)

lively

sapin de Noël

Christmas tree

boule de Noël

Christmas ornament

guirlande

garland

réveillon

Christmas Eve dinner

bûche de Noël

Yule log cake

Père Noël

Santa Claus

messe de minuit

midnight mass

crèche

nativity scene

défilé militaire

military parade

bal des pompiers

firefighters' ball

drapeau tricolore

French flag (tricolor flag)

musique patriotique

patriotic music

Champs-Élysées

avenue where the parade takes place in Paris

La Marseillaise

the French national anthem

bals populaires

public dances

œuf de Pâques

Easter egg

chocolat

chocolate

cloche de Pâques

Easter bell (in France, it’s traditional to say the bells bring the eggs)

agneau de Pâques

Easter lamb (traditional Easter dish)

chasse aux œufs

egg hunt

messe de Pâques

Easter mass

lapin de Pâques

Easter bunny

cimetière

cemetery

fleur

flower (often chrysanthemums are used)

chrysanthème

chrysanthemum

tombe

grave

bougie

candle

prière

prayer

messe

mass

famille

family (since families often gather to honor the deceased)