How To Say Fish In French 🐟

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

1. Un poissonnier = a fishmonger
2. Une poissonnière = a woman fishmonger
3. Une poissonnerie = a fish store
4. La pisciculture = fish farming
5. Un saumon = a salmon
6. Un anchois = an anchovy
7. Un cabillaud = a cod
8. Une truite = a trout
9. Un thon = a tuna
10. Une lotte = a monkfish
11. Un lieu = a pollack
12. Une sole = a sole
13. Un bar = a sea bass
14. Une sardine = a sardine
15. Un maquereau = a mackerel
16. Un mulet = mulet
17. Les fruits de mer = seafood
18. Une pieuvre = an octopus
19. Une crevette = a shrimp
20. Une langouste = spiny lobster
21. Une huitre = an oyster
22. Une moule = a mussel
23. Un crabe = a crab
24. Une palourde = a clam
25. 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

1. Vidé et écaillé = prepared for cooking (emptied out and descaled)
2. Un filet = filet
3. Une arrête = fish bone
4. Une écaille = scale
5. La queue = the tail
6. Frais = fresh
7. Surgelé = frozen
8. Un poisson tropical = tropical fish
9. Un poisson d’aquarium = aquarium fish
10. Un poisson d’eau douce = freshwater fish
11. Un poisson d’eau de mer = saltwater fish
12. Un dauphin = a dolphin
13. Un requin = a shark
14. Une étoile de mer = starfish
15. Une algue = seaweed