French Farming Vocabulary

1 – Names of Farm Animals in French

Let’s start with a list of the French animals names with English translations.

1. la vache – cow
2. le taureau – bull
3. le veau – calf
4. la génisse – young cow
5. le taurillon – young bull
6. le boeuf – ox
7. le cochon pig
8. la truie – sow
9. le porcelet – piglet
10. la chèvre – female goat
11. le bouc – male goat
12. le mouton – sheep
13. la brebis – ewe
14. l’agneau – lamb
15. l’âne – male donkey
16. l’ânesse – female donkey
17. le cheval – horse
18. la jument – mare
19. le poulain – foal
20. le coq – rooster
21. la poule – hen
22. le poulet – chicken
23. le poussin  – chick
24. le canard – duck
25. la cane – female duck
26. le caneton – duckling
27. la dinde – female turkey
28. le dindon – male turkey
29. le lapin – male rabbit
30. la lapine – female rabbit
31. le lapereau – baby rabbit
32. le chien – male dog
33. la chienne – female dog
34. le chiot – puppy
35. le chat – male cat
36. la chatte – female cat
37. le chaton – kitten

Here is a cute video camille’s daughter Leyla made using the popular video game Minecraft to talk about the farm animals in French.

2 – French Farm Buildings Names

When visiting France, you will see these all around the French countryside!

1. la ferme – farm
2. le bâtiment de ferme – the farm building
3. la grange –  barn
4. le poulailler – chicken coop
5. le pigeonnier – dovecote
6. la porcherie – pigpen
7. l’écurie – stable
8. le cellier à cidre – cider house
9. le four à pain – bread oven
10. la forge – forge
11. le hangar – shed
12. le moulin – windmill
13. l’hôté – the family room

Discover the authentic French countryside buildings with this article.

3 – Agriculture – French Farming Vocabulary

Here are some useful French farming terms.

1. Le fermier, l’agriculteur – male farmer
2. La fermière, l’agricultrice – female farmer
3. Une exploitation agricole – a modern farm
4. Un champ – a field
5. Le bétail – livestock
6. Faire de l’élevage – to raise livestock
7. Un tracteur – tractor
8. Une moissonneuse-batteuse – combine harvester
9. Une ferme laitière – dairy farm
10. Une ferme d’élevage – animal husbandry farm

You may be interested by this article from TheLocal.fr on the future of French farming.

4 – Names of Crops in French

Here are the names of the most common French crops.

1. une culture – crop
2. le blé – wheat
3. le foin – hay
4. la paille – straw
5. le maïs – corn
6. l’orge – barley
7. le colza – rapeseed
8. le tournesol – sunflower
9. le lin – flax

5 – Farming French Verbs

1. labourer – to plough
2. mettre de l’engrais – fertilize
3. semer – to sow
4. planter – to plant
5. arroser – to water
6. moissonner, faire les battages – to harvest (for crops)
7. récolter – to harvest (for vegetables and fruits)