AQA GCSE French customs and festivals – Les coutumes et festivals

Learn the AQA GCSE French customs and festivals in French-speaking countries and communities from the table below. It contains a list of 24 words and phrases. Read and listen carefully and check the translations.

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le cadeau
present
l’église (f)
church
la fête
festival, celebration, party
la fête des mères
Mother’s Day
la fête des rois
Twelfth Night/Epiphany
la fête du travail
May Day
fêter
to celebrate
les feux d’artifice (m)
fireworks
le Jour de l’An
New Year’s Day

juif/juive

Jewish
la mosquée
Mosque
musulman
Muslim
Pâques
Easter
poisson d’avril
April Fools; Day, April Fool!
religieux/religieuse
religious
la Saint-Sylvestre
New Year’s Eve
la Saint Valentin
St. Valentine’s Day
la Toussaint
All Saints’ Day
la veille de Noël
Christmas Eve
Higher
le défilé
procession
le jour férié
public holiday
la messe
mass
la Pentecôte
Whitsuntide
la réunion
meeting

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