What is pinky in french?

Before we learn the various body parts in French, let’s see how we translate ‘the body’ in French.

The French word for ‘body’ is “le corps”. Note that the final p and s are silent, so body in French is pronounced [le cor].

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Let’s start with the terms to describe the upper body in French, with a front view: “une vue de face”.

Then, let’s see how to describe the lower body in French.

Now let’s turn around and describe the back of the body.

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OK, now that you have the general body terms, let’s see the French names for different body parts.

The arm in French is called “le bras”. Note the silent s… I know this sounds funny in English but a French person wouldn’t think twice about saying [le bra]…

Let’s take a closer look at “le bras”, the arm in French. Note the silent s.

This may be more than the French vocabulary you need to know… however many of the French arm bone names are the same as in English. How come ‘the ulna’ is so different?

Hand in French is “la main”.

The name of the fingers in French are:

The French word for leg is “une jambe”. Don’t mistake it with “le jambon” which is ham!!

Now let’s see how to describe the different parts of the leg in French.

Bone in French is “un os, des os”.

Watch out the the French pronunciation of “os”:

Many French muscles names come from Latin and are very close to the English muscle names.

Now let’s study the French names of our organs.

Organ food in French is called “les abats” and here is my article about it, featuring French offals names and French dishes made with organ meat.

And now let’s concentrate on an important part of the body: the face!

The face in French is “le visage”.

Let’s study the different parts of the face:

Le visage is located on “la tête”. The face is located on the head.

On top of “la tête” is a special kind of hair: this hair in French is called “les cheveux” and I dedicated a special lesson and video to it – follow the link!

Would you like to know more about eyes in French? How to describe eye colors, eye shapes… Again, I did another lesson and video about the eyes in French.

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