67 French words and phrases you need to talk about the weather
From understanding a weather report to knowing what the forecast will be, here is the essential vocabulary to talk about the weather in France
The elements
La météo or le temps – The weather
La chaleur – The heat
Le froid – The cold
Le soleil – The sun
La pluie – Rain
La neige – Snow
La grêle – Hail
Le gel – Ice
Le vent – Wind
La brume – Mist
Flocons – Snowflakes
Les nuages – Clouds
Verglas – Black ice
Brouillard – Fog
Un orage, une tempête – A storm
La foudre – Lightning
Le tonnerre – Thunder
Des rafales de vent – Blustery wind
Une brise – Breeze
La rosée – Dew
La sécheresse – Drought
Inondations – Floods
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Understanding a weather forecast
Un bulletin météo – A weather report
Les prévisions – A forecast
Précipitations – Rainfall
Averses – Rain showers
Chutes de neige – Snowfall
Gelées matinales – Morning frost
Eclaircie – Sunny spell
Vague de froid – A cold snap
Une canicule – A heatwave
Des vents violents, des bourrasques – strong winds, gales
Hot – Chaud
Frais – Fresh
Ensoleillé – Sunny
Nuageux – Cloudy
Orageux – Stormy
Un temps sec – Dry weather
Un temps couvert – Overcast
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Useful phrases
Il fait quel temps dehors? – What’s the weather like?
Le soleil brille – The sun is shining
Il fait beau – It’s nice outside
Il fait mauvais – It’s nasty outside
Il fait chaud – It’s hot
Il fait froid – It’s cold
Il fait frais – It’s fresh
Il pleut – It’s raining
Il neige – It’s snowing
Il grêle – It’s hailing
Il y a du brouillard – It’s foggy
Il y a de l’orage – It’s stormy
Il y a du verglas sur les routes – There’s ice on the roads
Il y a du vent – It’s windy
Etre bouillant – To be boiling hot
Etre trempé – To be drenched
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French weather expressions
Il pleut des cordes – It’s raining cats and dogs
Il fait frisquet! – It’s chilly!
C’est le déluge – It’s a deluge
C’est une purée de pois – It’s a pea souper
Il fait un froid de canard – (‘It’s duck cold’) It’s freezing cold
Il pleut comme une vache qui pisse – (‘It’s raining like a peeing cow’) It’s pouring with rain
Il fait un temps de chien – (‘A dog’s weather’) Horrible weather
Un soleil de plomb – (‘A led sun’)Blazing sun
Un vent à décorner les boeufs – (‘A wind strong enough to dehorn bulls’) Howling wind
Etre trempé jusqu’aux os – To be soaked to the skin
Tomber des hallebardes – (‘Falling halberds’) It’s pouring
Il gêle à pierre fendre – (‘Frosty enough to cleeve stones’) It’s freezing
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