French Fruits

In this lesson you will learn how to say different kinds of fruit in French. Click on any of the French words below, listen and repeat. Make sure the page is finished loading for the audio to work.

la banane banana	la pomme apple
l’orange (f) orange	la poire pear
le melon melon	la datte date
le pamplemousse grapefruit	le raisin grape
la cerise cherry	le citron lemon
le citron vert lime	la fraise strawberry
la framboise raspberry	la mûre blackberry
la myrtille blueberry	la pastèque watermelon
la pêche peach	la prune plum

Now practice saying the vocabulary with this video. First listen and in the second half you can test yourself!

Video credit: FrechPod101

French Fruit Vocabulary Explanations: At first glance this vocabulary appears to be quite easy. However, there are a few words which demand some closer attention. These are words that appear to be the same as in English but have different meanings. These terms are referred to as “faux amis” in French. Two examples here are “la prune” for plum and “le raisin” for grape. In English we would use the word “grape” to refer to the fruit and “raisin” to refer to a dried grape. In French, “raisin” is the fruit itself, directly off the vine. Regarding the word for plum, in French you say “la prune”. In English a prune is a dried plum. Lastly, please pay attention to the words for grapefruit (le pamplemousse) and watermelon (la pastèque) as they differ greatly from English.