Unité 1 Les fêtes
Annecy
A city in eastern France which is located in the mountains and has flower-lined canals overlooking the lake (Le Lac d'Annecy)
Le Lion de Belfort
A ginat statue designed by the sculptor, Bartholdi, which dominates the city of Belfort; it symbolizes the strength of the city as it successfully resisted the Prussians for 103 days during the Franco-Prussian War.
La crèche
A manger scene at Christmas time found in French homes which has terra cotta figures.
Un tabac
A newspaper stand (store) which sells a variety of things like phone cards.
Une télécarte
A phone card used in public phone booths; they come in unités or demoninations of 50 or 120.
Nuit blanche assurée
A saying which means, "The celebration will last all night."
La bûche de Noël
Traditional yulelog cake eaten at Christmas.
la fête des Rois
Twelfth Night...a holiday which takes place on Jan. 6 (12 days after Christmas) to honor the three wise men.
la Saint-Valentin
Valentine's Day
Poisson d'avril
What one says on April 1st after you have played a joke on someone which is traditionally is cutting out a paper fish and attaching it to another's back. It means, "You have been fished".
Quelle heure est-il?
What time is it?
l'anniversaire
birthday
l'informatique
computer science class
la prof
female teacher
aller + infintive
going to (do something)
l'histoire
history
les fêtes
holidays
Champs-Éysées
main avenue in Paris which leads to the L'Arc de Triomphe
les math(ématiques)
math
le gui
mistletoe
les huîtres
oysters
les parents
parents
l'école
school
Québec
the capital of French province, le Quebec
le dentiste
the dentist
le palais de glace
the ice palace, built with ice blocks cemented together with water and rises 60 feet and dominates the Carnaval scene.
le roi
the king (the title given to the male who finds the good luck symbol in la galette.
la poste
the post office
la reine
the queen (the title given to the female who finds the good luck symbol in la galette.
l'horaire
the schedule
être
to be
commencer
to begin
finir
to end, finish
aller
to go
attendre
to wait (for)
le réveillon (de la Saint Sylvestre)
traditional midnight supper on New Year's Eve
la nuit blanche
traditionally the night before New Year's Day when French teenagers stay up all night
les vacances
vacation
la femme
woman, wife
Que la fête commence!
Let the celebration begin!
Le nouvel an
New Years Day
le jour de l'an
New Years Day
l'Armistice
November 11th marks the end of World War I and on this day the French president lays a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris.
la physique
Physics
Les cabines téléphoniques
Public phonebooths found throughout the streets of France and in the post office (la poste).
RSVP
Répondez s'il vous plaît, (often written on invitations when a host wants to know how many guests will be attending.
les sports d'été
Summer sports
La fête nationale
The French National Holiday
Noël
The French word for "Christmas".
Fort-de-France
The capital city and largest city of Martinique, a French speaking island. The city alos has a French naval base.
19
The phone number that you first dial from France to the USA in order to get an international phone line.
la Toussaint
All Saints Day
Le jour des diables
Also called the Devils Day in Martinique when everyone wears red on Mardi Gras.
la biologie
Biology
Noël
Christmas
la fête du travail
Labor Day in France which is May 1st.
le latin
Latin
les Pâques
Easter
l'anglais
English
la fête nationale
France's National holiday on July 14th
le français
French
Belfort
French city in eastern France, close to Germany
C'est le premier octobre.
It is October first.
les sports d'hiver
Winter sports
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
a famous church which stands on the site of Samuel de Champlain's first fort
Mardi gras
a holiday taking place the Tuesday before Lent, which literally means "Fat Tuesday".
le Bonhomme Carnaval
a large snowman with a red cap and sash which serves as the mascot for the Winter Carnaval festivities in Quebec.
un Québécois
a native French/English speaker from Quebec.
une boum
a party
l'interro(gation)
a quiz
une galette
a special, round, flat cake baked for la fête des rois that contains a small object made of plastic or porcelin that ressembles a king, queen or good luck symbol.
le festival de Saint-Jean
a traditional Canadian holiday taking place on June 24th in which French Canadians honor their patron saint by celebrating with parades, concerts, picnics and fireworks.
le Carnaval
a winter carnival in the city of Quebec that includes ice canoe races across the frozen St. Lawrence River, tobogganing, dances and ice sculpting contests.
Le château Frontenac
an elegant and huge hotel which overlooks the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec.
