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French Vocabulary

The Home: Rooms & Immediate Architecture

Vocabulary for the rooms and structural features of a house or apartment.

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Lesson Summary

Vocabulary for the rooms and structural features of a house or apartment.

Vocabulary

The Domestic Interior

Several terms related to the home have appeared in earlier lessons, including la maison, la chambre, la cuisine, and le salon. This lesson provides the complete set of common rooms and introduces basic architectural vocabulary. For a model text that combines family and home description, see Ma Famille et Ma Maison.

Les Pièces de la Maison (Rooms of the House)

French	English	Often Contains
la chambre	bedroom	un lit, une armoire
la cuisine	kitchen	un four, un réfrigérateur
le salon	living room	un canapé, une télévision
la salle de bains	bathroom	une baignoire, une douche
les toilettes (f pl)	toilet / WC	un lavabo
la salle à manger	dining room	une grande table, des chaises
le bureau	office / study	un ordinateur, des livres
le couloir	hallway	des portes
l'entrée (f)	entrance hall	un porte-manteau

Building Features

French	English
la porte	door
la fenêtre	window
le mur	wall
le sol	floor
le plafond	ceiling
l'escalier (m)	staircase / stairs
l'étage (m)	floor / storey
le balcon	balcony
la cave	cellar / basement
le garage	garage
le jardin	garden

Describing a Home

The vocabulary of rooms and features combines with il y a (there is/are), numbers, colours, sizes, and possessive adjectives.

- Dans ma maison, il y a trois chambres et un grand salon.
- Ma chambre est petite mais très jolie. Les murs sont blancs.
- La cuisine est au rez-de-chaussée.
- J'habite dans un appartement au deuxième étage.

For the formation of the plural and the agreement of adjectives, see plural formation and colours & descriptive adjectives.

Examples

J'habite dans un petit appartement. Il y a une chambre, un salon, une cuisine et une salle de bains.
Use of il y a to list rooms; note the indefinite articles.
Ma chambre a une grande fenêtre et un balcon.
The verb avoir used to describe possession of features.

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The Home: Rooms & Immediate ArchitectureVocabulary for the rooms and structural features of a house or apartment.Describe a living space by naming rooms, architectural elements, and their typical furnishings.VocabularyA1vocabularyLearn French VocabularyFrench VocabularyThe Domestic InteriorSeveral terms related to the home have appeared in earlier lessons, including la maison, la chambre, la cuisine, and le salon. This lesson provides the complete set of common rooms and introduces basic architectural vocabulary. For a model text that combines family and home description, see Ma Famille et Ma Maison.