Weather words and weather-related expressions in French with English equivalents.
français | English |
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le temps | the weather |
la météo | the weather forecast |
Quel temps fait-il? | What's the weather like? |
Il fait chaud | It's hot |
C'est agréable | It's warm |
Il fait froid | It's cold |
Il fait frais | It's cool |
Ça caille | It's very cold (slang) |
Il fait beau | It's nice / fine |
Le temps est magnifique | It's beautiful weather |
Il fait mauvais | It's bad |
Le temps est terrible | It's terrible weather |
Un temps de chien | horrible weather (slang) |
Il fait humide | It's humid |
Il fait du vent | It's windy |
C’est orageux / Il y a de l'orage | It's stormy |
Il fait du soleil | It's sunny |
C'est nuageux | It's cloudy |
Il fait du brouillard | It's foggy |
Il pleut | It's raining |
Il neige | It's snowing |
Il gèle | It's freezing / icy |
La pluie | rain |
La grêle | hail |
La neige | snow |
Le nuage | cloud |
La tonnerre | thunder |
L'éclair | lightning |
L'arc en ciel | rainbow |
La tempête | storm |
La température | temperature |
Le brouillard / la brume | fog |
La tempête | storm |
français | English |
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il pleut à verse | It's raining in torrents |
Il pleut des grenouilles | It's raining frogs |
Il pleut des cordes | It's raining ropes |
Il pleut des hallebardes | It's raining halberds |
Il pleut des clous | It's raining nails |
Il pleut à seaux | It's raining buckets |
Il pleut comme vache qui pisse | It's raining like a pissing cow |
Other idioms for heavy rain in various languages
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