Common Ailments - French Illness Vocabulary
Useful vocabulary for talking about common ailments
Vocabulary | Quiz
Getting sick is never fun, but being in a foreign country and not being able to communicate about your illness can definitely ruin your trip. Learn some French illness vocabulary so that you can communicate with French-speaking doctors, dentists, nurses, and pharmacists.
| English | French | ||
| to have ... | avoir ... | ||
| ... arthritis | ... de l'arthrite | ||
| ... diarrhea | ... la diarrhée | ||
| ... an earache | ... mal à l'oreille | ||
| ... a fever | ... de la fièvre | ||
| ... the flu | ... la grippe | ||
| ... frostbite | ... des engelures | ||
| ... hay fever | ... un rhume des foins | ||
| ... a headache | ... mal à la tête | ||
| ... heartburn | ... des brûlures d'estomac | ||
| ... hemorrhoids (piles) | ... des hémorroïdes | ||
| ... motion sickness | ... le mal des transports | ||
| ... a runny nose | ... le nez qui coule | ||
| ... sinusitis | ... de la sinusite | ||
| ... a stomachache | ... mal à l'estomac | ||
| ... a toothache | ... mal aux dents | ||
| ... an ache somewhere else? See lesson on French body parts | |||
| to have... | être ... | ||
| ... asthma | ... asthmatique | ||
| ... a cold | ... enrhumé | ||
| ... diabetes | ... diabétique | ||
| ... insomnia | ... insomniaque | ||
| to be ... | avoir ... | ||
| ... cold | ... froid | ||
| ... dizzy | ... le vertige | ||
| ... hot | ... chaud | ||
| ... seasick | ... le mal de mer | ||
| to be ... | être ... | ||
| ... constipated | ... constipé | ||
| ... jet lagged | ... fatigué dû au décalage horaire | ||
| ... pregnant | ... enceinte | ||
| ... sick | ... malade | ||
| ... sunburnt | ... brûlé par le soleil | ||
| ... tired | ... fatigué | ||
| to be allergic to ... | être allergique à ... | ||
| ... aspirin | ... l'aspirine | ||
| ... iodine | ... l'iode | ||
| ... penicillin | ... la pénicilline | ||
| ... certain foods? See French food vocabulary | |||
| blood pressure | la tension arterielle | ||
| to have high blood pressure | faire de l'hypertension | ||
| to have low blood pressure | faire de l'hypotension | ||
| to ache all over | avoir mal partout | ||
| to bleed | saigner | ||
| to cough | tousser | ||
| to faint | s'évanouir | ||
| to sneeze | éternuer | ||
| to throw up | vomir | ||
| to need a ... | avoir besoin d'... | ||
| doctor | un médecin | ||
| dentist | un dentiste | ||
| nurse | un infirmier | ||
| pharmacist | un pharmacien | ||
Verbs:
The most common French verbs for describing illness are avoir and être. For other verb conjugations, take a look at my verb encyclopedia.
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