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French Food Words Quiz

Below you will see a bunch of French words for food and drink. Enter their English translations.
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Last updated: April 1, 2015
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First submittedOctober 5, 2012
Times taken133,231
Average score75.0%
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French
English
Eau
Water
Fromage
Cheese
Pain
Bread
Café
Coffee
Gâteau
Cake
Oeuf
Egg
Pomme
Apple
Pomme de Terre
Potato
French
English
Vin
Wine
Lapin
Rabbit
Sucre
Sugar
Confiture
Jam
Beurre
Butter
Canard
Duck
Menthe
Mint
Poisson
Fish
French
English
Foie
Liver
Champignon
Mushroom
Cerise
Cherry
Frites
Fries
Miel
Honey
Fraise
Strawberry
Framboise
Raspberry
Citron
Lemon
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Level 41
Nov 11, 2012
All but Cerise. I knew it was something like that and I must have guessed every berry type food there is apart from cherry!
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Level 75
May 4, 2017
I tried cherries at first but it wasn't accepted, only cherry. The only reason I got it correct was because of the color, cerise. I was trying to think of every food that is red.
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Level 59
Apr 28, 2018
I went by colour, only I was obviously thinking of another one and went for celery! Oh dear. I eventually got cherry because I really looked at the word and thought about it. And guessed a lot.
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Level 28
Nov 11, 2012
I got them all except miel. Where was I on that day of French class?
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Level 57
Feb 11, 2017
Miel is the same in spanish
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Level 32
Nov 21, 2021
There's an archaic English word for honey as well, mel. (But I missed it anyway.)
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Level 54
Nov 13, 2012
Got them all with 3:18 on the clock. 6 years of French classes have finally paid off.
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Level 49
Nov 7, 2014
3:15 left and French is actually my first language. Your six years of French classes were better than my 28 years of life :)
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Level 46
Dec 20, 2015
moi aussi mais j'avais oublié Foie x)
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Level 40
May 10, 2017
he may also be a faster typer than you
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Level 76
Aug 27, 2018
Evidemment il faudra que tu connaisses les termes anglais aussi, d'abord. :)
+3
Level 31
Jul 18, 2015
Got them all with 2:54 left.

4 years of french lessons paid off

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Level 65
Nov 20, 2015
100%,
+3
Level 57
Feb 11, 2017
tres bien
+4
Level 7
Jun 6, 2018
Tell me how I got A's in all six years of French and only got 19 :o
+3
Level 63
Jun 20, 2020
3:14.. and I'm French (spent a few seconds looking elsewhere still) .. good job then, you're good .. and a fast typist!
+3
Level 18
Dec 5, 2020
I'm french but I don't know the english word for foie lmao
+3
Level 65
Nov 13, 2012
The "liver" answer made me hungry!
+8
Level 36
Aug 14, 2018
ew
+3
Level 27
Jan 20, 2019
Duck made me hungry and I've never even tried it.
+3
Level 85
Jul 11, 2022
You're in for a treat. It's wonderful!
+2
Level 78
Jun 21, 2020
Foie gras is one of my favourite foods!
+4
Level 63
Nov 21, 2012
10 and I never had French because I don't like it.
+3
Level 28
Feb 13, 2013
I took French in high school. I got 4 of these. Water, mint, fish and coffee.
+2
Level 59
Apr 28, 2018
I only had one lesson in French, ever, in primary school (approx 50 years ago) and I got them all. I think it has to do with them being food, reading cook books and my Mum's good guessing gene.
+2
Level 22
Jan 2, 2020
I'm afraid no gene is involved here.
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Level 37
Jul 22, 2018
I never took a day of french classes and got 13. I did study spanish and romanian however.
+3
Level 77
Jun 24, 2013
8 years of french and 10 years since last spoken...alas...missed 5. Zut Alors!!!
+4
Level 79
Sep 12, 2013
you remember the vital expressions, at least
+1
Level 40
May 10, 2017
I only know that one from little mermaid... yes my life is sad but I do not care
+1
Level 87
Jan 2, 2020
I also got one thanks to The Little Mermaid. I don't think that's sad, though.
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Level 85
Nov 20, 2021
And I DIDN'T get it, thanks to the Little Mermaid. I was sure it was crab because that's what Sebastian was.
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Level 28
Nov 14, 2019
how sad
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Level 78
Jun 21, 2020
I don't speak French and guessed most of them, and missed only 4!
+1
Level 14
Aug 11, 2013
Only missed one nice quiz
+3
Level 57
Mar 5, 2014
Only missed confiture. I was thinking candy, going from the english word confection. A food item that is high in sugar. Oh well.
+1
Level 18
May 28, 2015
ditto.
+3
Level 40
May 26, 2014
Got them all! buuuut only because my first language is french... haha
+2
Level 31
Jul 18, 2015
Got them all second time and I am english :)
+2
Level 68
Aug 8, 2014
Something my BA in French is finally good for!
+1
Level 75
Oct 2, 2014
The picture wasn't one of the answers! Had to work for every question this time.
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Level 43
Oct 8, 2014
Reminds me of Hannibal TV series.
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Level 57
Oct 8, 2014
Why do you not count "french fries" for "fries?" Are they not the same thing?
+1
Level 69
Jul 2, 2015
i second that
+1
Level 69
Jul 14, 2015
I third that
+1
Level 23
Jul 14, 2015
I fourth that
+2
Level 59
Apr 28, 2018
I just put chips.
+1
Level 88
Oct 11, 2018
Doesn't the word chips imply harder material than French fries?
+2
Level 78
Jun 21, 2020
That's the British term for that.
+1
Level 65
Jan 13, 2019
I'm hungry..
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Level 70
Feb 15, 2019
Yeah, I was like ಠ_ಠ seriously...?
+1
Level 64
Nov 8, 2021
I wonder how you say unicode characters...
+2
Level 28
Mar 20, 2020
I don't that

French Fries are actually Belgian

Greek yogurt is turkish

+1
Level 50
Dec 8, 2014
After 10 years of french, you BET I got them all with 3:16 to spare
+2
Level 62
Apr 3, 2015
You should change "frites" to "pommes frites". "Frites" on its own just means fried. And you should also add French fries as an acceptable answer.
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Level 60
Jul 1, 2019
Except nobody calls them "pommes frites" in french.
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Level 78
Jun 21, 2020
Really? I know 'Pommes frites' is used in German.
+5
Level 57
Oct 14, 2021
Is this German?
+1
Level 42
Apr 27, 2015
24/24 and over 2mins left! Nice quiz.
+2
Level 71
May 5, 2015
23/24 I could not remember Honey for Miel although it was on the tip of my tongue....... the word, not the honey.
+2
Level 70
Jul 14, 2015
i was listening to dernière danse by indila and she said miel while I read it hahaha
+9
Level 56
Jul 14, 2015
I will never forget "fromage" as long as I live, all thanks to Dexter's Laboratory. "Omelette du fromage -- omelette du fromage -- omelette du fromage -- omelette du fromage --"
+1
Level 31
Jul 18, 2015
Got everything but had to look up liver. Thought it was pate
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Level 20
Apr 7, 2016
It is pate. I've never heard this one. I am in my first year of French and we just finished learning foods.
+6
Level 75
Apr 25, 2016
It is not pâté : you can make pâté with liver (and with a lot of other things too), but liver is the organ, foie, and only foie. You've got a liver, you are not made of pâté !
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Level 77
Jul 24, 2015
The answers should really be paired to the clues in this one, no guessing every damn food you know to get a lot of them right.
+1
Level 65
Jan 13, 2019
I agree this quiz desperately needs a yellow box
+2
Level 59
Aug 27, 2015
Haven't taken french since it stopped being mandatory in high school (I'm 25), but I'm Canadian- so thanks, bilingual packaging! I remember my food words REALLY well. Only thing I missed was confiture. :P
+2
Level 35
Sep 18, 2015
Where is Pamplemousse? My favourite french word cause it's so silly sounding :)
+1
Level 68
May 10, 2017
You took my comment! I was just about to write that when I took French at school, my favourite French word was pamplemousse.
+1
Level 48
Oct 15, 2018
agreed...
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Level 58
Feb 2, 2020
Mine was Chou-fleur... cabbage flower or cauliflower!
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Level 39
May 29, 2016
Throwback to grade nine French! ... such terrible times. *shudders*
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Level 78
May 31, 2016
There is no need to learn culinary French. If you are in a restaurant in France everything on the menu will be delicious by definition. All you have to do is to point at random and wait for a fantastic meal. Neantmoins, j'ai recu 24 sur 24 :)
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Level 69
Nov 20, 2021
As someone who doesn't speak French, I'd be hesitant to order fish, though... =)
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Level 70
May 8, 2023
It's also not really true, of course; many would consider andouillete noisome, or even escargots or rognons d'agneau or steak haché depending on what you're used to, and these are common items. I've eaten cheval and pigeon, too, and they were delicious but you probably don't want to be surprised to get it.
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Level 22
Jul 8, 2016
Escargots? Miam?
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Level 73
Dec 24, 2016
i kept on spelling wine as "vine". derp.
+1
Level 57
Feb 11, 2017
got them all
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Level 37
Mar 8, 2017
Pate de foie gras =

(paste) (of) (liver) (fat) or Paste made of fatty liver.

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Level 48
May 4, 2017
All with 2:51 left - and only did French to the age of 13
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Level 20
Sep 14, 2017
I never listened in French class, but 100% and 3:10 left.

Maybe my subconscious was listening.

+2
Level 52
Sep 25, 2017
Why only accept fries instead of "French fries" or "fried potatoes"?
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Level 37
Oct 10, 2018
Because "Frites" means fried, not french fries.
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Level 46
Nov 20, 2017
100% and 3:15 left, and I don't even learn French. I just signed up for this French learning website and learnt some basics for a couple of months earlier this year because I was bored, haha.
+7
Level 66
Dec 19, 2017
Anyone else messed up by the fact that "raspberr" is accepted, causing you to get an extra Y in your answer box?
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Level 65
Jan 13, 2019
yea that was weird, I started questioning myself thinking I accidentality typed another y... cause the type ins allowed are often very weird and annoying, (thought you get used to it, eventhough I still always type in the full word, atleast now I remember to look up and delete letter after allmost every answer)
+2
Level 74
Jan 11, 2021
Yeah why on Earth is respberry being accepted without the Y? Strawberry had to be complete...
+2
Level 70
May 8, 2023
my guess is that the pattern is supposed to be raspberr(ies|y) but ended up raspberr(|ies) or something.
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Level 75
Mar 25, 2018
I don't, and never have, spoken a lick of French. I ended up with 19 purely from lots of culinary experience and extrapolating from Spanish.
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Level 36
Aug 14, 2018
I thought that Lapin was rabbit but I didn't know that people ate it.
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Level 71
Oct 11, 2018
You can't beat a good Rabbit pie: Plenty of vegetables and stock and cut up the rabbit and cook till tender, season to taste then add a nice crust and bake in oven till crust cooked....... yum
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Level 58
Sep 14, 2018
Ugh, kept trying plurals: cherries, strawberries... Maybe allow those?
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Level 48
Oct 15, 2018
5 years of French in the 1960's finally paid off... what a shame it never worked when i tried to use my French in France...
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Level 65
Dec 8, 2018
Got em all 2:46 to.spare (and not the best typer) and neither english nor french is my first language. So im happy with that :)

Funny how you can see people's priorities...wine coffee and cheese are the most guessed haha

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Level 63
Jun 20, 2019
I'm actually doing this for the French badge, I'm lucky I just had this with my French lessons. :-)
+1
Level 62
Feb 9, 2021
Same here!
+1
Level 20
Jul 1, 2019
Woof! Finally the test of food for my french lesson. Got em' all! (Also this is my first time commenting in quiz! :D )
+1
Level 65
Jul 1, 2019
I would be hard pressed to try poisson again. I learned my lesson the first time.
+1
Level 62
Sep 18, 2019
Gateau is very often biscuit/cookie rather than cake.
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Level 28
Nov 14, 2019
Citron also means lime in some contexts
+1
Level 39
Jan 2, 2020
Only got 15. Not too bad for me but I guess I forgot alot from my few years of learning French during intermediate!
+2
Level 23
Apr 21, 2020
WHAT??? RABBITS?! I HATE YOU!!!
+1
Level 28
Jun 17, 2020
british people eat rabbit too and it's the same in every country so why hate france so much?
+1
Level 38
Apr 14, 2022
based serb
+1
Level 28
Jun 17, 2020
Living in France for 2 years really paid off! 3:16 remaining ;)
+1
Level 75
Aug 8, 2020
Learning french since the second grade, as well as living in Canada may have helped my chances on this quiz...
+1
Level 63
Aug 26, 2020
Ha! thanks for the free 5 points!

From a Frenchman.

Thanks!

+1
Level 64
Nov 2, 2020
I don't know about you, but though I speak French, when I saw Poisson, my English side kicked in and thought Poison. Then I realized it was fish. Lol
+1
Level 25
Nov 14, 2020
you should accept "French Fries"
+1
Level 58
Dec 18, 2020
100th
+1
Level 37
Mar 14, 2021
Finally something years of advanced french is good for :)
+1
Level 47
Mar 22, 2021
When I saw "Champignon" I immediately thought of champagne. Would've never thought it might be MUSHROOM lol.
+1
Level 91
Nov 20, 2021
The French word for "champagne" is "champagne" :)
+1
Level 32
Apr 2, 2021
i finished in just 2:32
+1
Level 48
Apr 22, 2021
helps to be canadian all our food labels are in french and english!
+1
Level 22
May 27, 2021
I am here to complete the france badge :)
+1
Level 67
Jun 18, 2021
I think you should also accept preserves for jam.
+1
Level 51
Jun 19, 2021
How dare you eat rabbit? *Rabbit cries in distance*
+1
Level 29
Jul 10, 2021
I Remember Watching On Youtube Someone Saying That Pain Means Bread In French lol
+1
Level 44
Oct 15, 2021
Délicieux!
+2
Level 59
Nov 20, 2021
Interestingly, there are no green vegetables on this...
+1
Level 91
Nov 20, 2021
Especially since French for pea pods or snap peas is "mangetout" which literally means "eat everything"
+1
Level 67
Nov 20, 2021
I like how pomme is apple and then pomme de terre is potato, I wanna learn French now
+2
Level 91
Nov 20, 2021
banane is banana and banane de terre is sweet potato
+1
Level 44
Apr 3, 2022
I lived in Senegal for 2 years, my mother lived in France for a while, and I go to a French school, at 10 years old, I got 23 out of 24, I forgot foix.
+1
Level 63
May 17, 2022
potato translates to land apple.
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Level 77
Feb 9, 2023
Same as Dutch - aardappel
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Level 50
Nov 16, 2022
I didn't get bread the first time lol
+1
Level 28
May 4, 2023
I know only two French foods. They are qUoSa and bAgUaE
+3
Level 74
May 4, 2023
Still accepting "raspberr" as an answer, nearly 6 years after it was pointed out...
+1
Level 59
May 4, 2023
I've never studied French as a foreign language but I got pretty easily 24/24.

Maybe it is because I'm French :')

+1
Level 60
May 4, 2023
I love me some good ol’ “earth apples”
+1
Level 58
Jun 27, 2023
Got "jam" only because konfitura in polish means jam xD
+2
Level 63
Aug 7, 2023
"Son, what are you eating?"

"Pain"

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Level 59
Sep 14, 2023
Citron is a fruit in English too which also translates to citron in French. Please accept citron.