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.
Learn your AQA GCSE French customs and festivals in French-speaking countries and communities - 1 to 24
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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 | |
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le défilé | procession | |
le jour férié | public holiday | |
la messe | mass | |
la Pentecôte | Whitsuntide | |
la réunion | meeting |
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