Unité 1 Les fêtes

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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.


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