Weather words and weather-related expressions in French with English equivalents.
| français | English |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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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