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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