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Revision as of 19:27, 5 September 2021
Bonjour à tous !
In this lesson, you will learn French terms related to astronomy to talk about planets and stars.
The names of the planets are similar in French and English because they come from Latin and Greek but be careful because their pronunciations can be quite different.
| English | French |
|---|---|
| asteroid | un astéroïde |
| astronaut | un/une astronaute |
| astronomer | un/une astronome |
| comet | la comète |
| constellation | une constellation |
| Earth | la Terre * |
| rocket | une fusée |
| galaxy | la galaxie |
| Jupiter | Jupiter * |
| Mars | Mars * |
| Mercury | Mercure * |
| meteor | le météore |
| meteorite | le météorite |
| moon | la lune |
| nebula | une nébuleuse |
| Neptune | Neptune * |
| planet | une planète |
| Pluto | Pluton * |
| Saturn | Saturne * |
| sky | le ciel |
| solar system | le système solaire |
| space | L'espace |
| spaceship | un vaisseau spatial |
| star | une étoile |
| sun | le Soleil* |
| telescope | le télescope |
| universe | L'univers |
| Uranus | Uranus* |
| Milky way | la Voie lactée |
| Venus | Vénus* |
* When writing a planet name, we use capital letters.