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How to talk about the weather in French
Words
- l'automne = autumn
- l'été = summer
- l'hiver = winter
- le printemps = spring
- le climat = climate
- le thermomètre = the thermometer
- les prévisions météorologiques = the weather forecast
- la glace = ice
- la pluie = rain
- neiger = to snow
- un nuage = a cloud
- une averse = a shower
- une goutte de pluie = a raindrop
- une tempête = a storm
- un ouragan = a hurricane
Sentences
- quel temps fait t-il = how is the weather? / what is the weather like?
- il fait chaud = it's hot
- il fait froid = it's cold
Expressions
Parler de la pluie et du beau temps
to talk about the weather / to make small talk
Faire la pluie et le beau temps
Be powerful, Decide everything.
Tomber / pleuvoir des cordes
Raining very hard, pouring.
Un froid de canard
A big cold / Very cold
Il pleut comme vache qui pisse
- Register: familiar
- literally: It rains like cow who pees.
- English Meaning: It’s raining very hard.
- French Meaning: Il pleut très fort.
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