Body - Le Corps
Vocabulary | Test
Learn how to say the parts of the body in French (click the links to hear them pronounced).
| les cheveux | hair |
| la tête | head |
| le visage | face |
| un oeil les yeux |
eye eyes |
| le nez | nose |
| la joue | cheek |
| la bouche | mouth |
| la lèvre | lip |
| la dent | tooth |
| une oreille | ear |
| le cou | neck |
| la poitrine | chest |
| un estomac | stomach |
| le bras | arm |
| une épaule | shoulder |
| le coude | elbow |
| le poignet | wrist |
| la main | hand |
| le doigt | finger |
| un ongle | fingernail |
| le pouce | thumb |
| le dos | back |
| la jambe | leg |
| le genou | knee |
| la cheville | ankle |
| le pied | foot |
| un orteil | toe |
Note: the possessive adjective is almost never used with body parts in French. You rarely say 'my hand.' Instead, the French use reflexive verbs to show possession with body parts:
Je me suis cassé la jambe.
I broke my leg (literally, I
broke the leg of myself).
Il s'est lavé les cheveux.
He washed his hair (literally, He washed the hair of
himself).
| Practice with body parts
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