French Halloween Vocabulary
Learn French terms related to Halloween
By Laura K. Lawless, About.com Guide |
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Here is some French vocabulary related to Halloween.
| une araignée | spider |
| l'automne | fall, autumn |
| un balai | broom |
| des bonbons | candy |
| une bougie | candle |
| un cimetière | cemetery |
| un chat noir | black cat |
| une chauve-souris | bat |
| une citrouille | pumpkin* |
| un déguisement | costume |
| un diable | devil |
| un épouvantail | scarecrow |
| un fantôme | ghost |
| un feu follet | jack-o'-lantern |
| une feuille | leaf |
| Halloween | Halloween |
| hanter | to haunt |
| jouer un tour (à qqun) | to play a trick (on someone) |
| un lutin | goblin |
| un masque | mask |
| une momie | mummy |
| un monstre | monster |
| octobre | October |
| un potiron | pumpkin* |
| une sorcière | witch |
| un squelette | skeleton |
| la Toussaint | All Saints' Day |
| le trente et un | the thirty-first |
| un vampire | vampire |
*Potiron and citrouille are two different varieties of pumpkin. Potirons are larger, the type that you'd most likely choose for a jack o'lantern.
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