French Vocabulary: French Food Word List | The French Post (2024)

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What is the fancy French word for food? ›

The most common way to say food is French is “la nourriture“. You may also find “l'alimentation” for food in French, especially on stores to indicate they are food stores.

La graille (**) Another old slang word for food. Just like its equivalent la bouffe, it can become a verb, grailler.

Bouffer (to eat)

The verb bouffer is the slang word used to replace the actual verb for 'eating' in French which is manger. However, bouffer gives a sense of eating excessively or even greedily. This word is used a lot by young people and teenagers. Example: Je vais bouffer: I am going to eat.

Both le menu and la carte can be translated as 'menu' in English.

[ˈjʌmi ] adjective. (informal) [food, taste] délicieux (délicieuse)

In France, goûter means “to taste.” It's a fitting word used to describe the light afternoon snack that children often eat in that downtime between arriving home from school and sitting down for dinner. It's later than what you often think of as snack time — eaten somewhere between 4 and 5 p.m.

Short for "Mise en Place," this term signifies that chefs have completed all necessary prep work for each dish or have ingredients ready for a shift.

C'est délicieux / c'est un délice

'It's delicious' or 'it's a delight' is two different ways to say the same thing: Ce gâteau est un délice - 'that cake is delightful' or 'delicious'.

Haute cuisine (pronounced [ot kɥizin], "high cuisine") has foundations during the 17th century with a chef named La Varenne. As an author of works such as Le Cuisinier françois, he is credited with publishing the first true French cookbook. His book includes the earliest known reference to roux using pork fat.

Most fruits you eat are des fruits frais, (fresh fruits), but they sometimes come in a different form, as des fruits secs, (dried fruits).

What is sandwich in French? ›

noun. le sandwich masc. a cheese sandwich un sandwich au fromage.