Here is a list of French fish names including fish and seafood used for cooking + English translation.
1 – How do you Say Fish in French?
The French translation for fish is : un poisson, des poissons.
2 – How do you Pronounce Fish in French?
I’ve recorded these tricky words for you: please press play next to the headphones to hear the correct pronunciation.
What out! “un poisson” has a “sss” sound. “Le poison” (poison) has a “z” sound.
3 – Names of French Fish Used For Cooking
- Un poissonnier = a fishmonger
- Une poissonnière = a woman fishmonger
- Une poissonnerie = a fish store
- La pisciculture = fish farming
- Un saumon = a salmon
- Un anchois = an anchovy
- Un cabillaud = a cod
- Une truite = a trout
- Un thon = a tuna
- Une lotte = a monkfish
- Un lieu = a pollack
- Une sole = a sole
- Un bar = a sea bass
- Une sardine = a sardine
- Un maquereau = a mackerel
- Un mulet = mulet
- Les fruits de mer = seafood
- Une pieuvre = an octopus
- Une crevette = a shrimp
- Une langouste = spiny lobster
- Une huitre = an oyster
- Une moule = a mussel
- Un crabe = a crab
- Une palourde = a clam
- Une noix de Saint-Jacques = a scallop
More French food names with 450 audio files!
You may enjoy my easy salmon French English recipe.

4 – Other French Fish Vocabulary
- Vidé et écaillé = prepared for cooking (emptied out and descaled)
- Un filet = filet
- Une arrête = fish bone
- Une écaille = scale
- La queue = the tail
- Frais = fresh
- Surgelé = frozen
- Un poisson tropical = tropical fish
- Un poisson d’aquarium = aquarium fish
- Un poisson d’eau douce = freshwater fish
- Un poisson d’eau de mer = saltwater fish
- Un dauphin = a dolphin
- Un requin = a shark
- Une étoile de mer = starfish
- Une algue = seaweed
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