French Vocab Around The Home

If you plan on visiting a French speaking country it will come in handy to be able to communicate the different rooms and parts of a house or apartment.

To refer to various rooms around a house, you’ll need to be familiar with the French names for different rooms.

Here they are:

apartment = l’appartement (m.)
garden = le jardin
apartment building = l’immeuble (m.)
ground floor = le rez-de-chauss
attic = le grenier
hallway = le couloir
balcony = le balcon
house = la maison
basement = le sous-sol
kitchen = la cuisine

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bathroom = la salle de bains
laundry room = la buanderie
bedroom = la chambre
lawn = la pelouse
closet = le placard
living room = le salon
den = le living
owner = le/la proprietaire
door = la porte
room = la salle
elevator = l’ascenseur (m.)
shower = la douche
floor = le plancher
stairs = l’escalier (m.)
floor (story) = l’etage (m.)
toilets = les toilettes (f.)
garage = le garage
window = la fenetre

Within each room there are various objects that you will need to know the names of in French. Here is some of the most important vocabulary for objects inside rooms:

armchair = le fauteuil
bed = le lit
chair = la chaise
clock = l’horloge (f.)/la pendule
dresser = la commode
furniture = les meubles
lamp = la lampe
oven le four
refrigerator = le refrigerateur/le frigo
rug = le tapis
sofa = le canape/le divan/le sofa
stove = la cuisiniere
table = la table
television = la television
wardrobe = l’armoire (f.)
washing machine = la machine a laver