How to Say Horseback Riding in French ?
The French word for horseback riding is โlโรฉquitationโ. Itโs a feminine word in French.
How To Say To Ride a Horse in French?
To say to ride a horse in French, we say โmonter ร chevalโ.
Moi, jโaime beaucoup monter ร cheval, et je monte assez bien. Et vous ?
I enjoy horseback riding, and I ride rather well. What about you?
31 French Horseback Riding Terms
Here is a list of horseback riding vocabulary โ if you think of more words, please submit them in the comment box below!
- At full galop : aller au grand galop, au triple galop
- Cantering: aller au galop, galoper
- Trotting: aller au trot, trotter
- Walking: aller au pas, marcher
- Horseback riding: lโรฉquitation
- A horse rideย : une promenade ร cheval
- Horseman, horsewoman : un cavalier, une cavaliรจre
- Balance : lโรฉquilibre (m)
- Breaking : le dรฉbourrage
- Correct seat : une bonne assiette
- Harness: le harnais
- Bit: le mors
- Reins : les rรชnes (f)
- Saddle : la selle
- To get in the saddle : monter en selle
- Strap : la sangle
- To tighten the saddle girth : sangler la selle
- To unsaddle : desseller
- Stirrup : un รฉtrier
- To put your Stirrups on : Chausser les รฉtriers
- Long rope : une longe
- Upper level competition : la haute-compรฉtition
- Equestrian riding : la monte รฉquestre
- Equestrian knowledge : le savoir รฉquestre
- Farrier : un marรฉchal-ferrant
- A horse shoe : un fer ร cheval
- To shoe : ferrer un cheval
- To lame : boรฎter
- To lead : diriger son cheval
- To praise the horseย : fรฉliciter le cheval
- Giddy up : hue (pronounce it โuuuuโ)

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French Horse Vocabulary
- Horse : un cheval
- Horses : des chevaux (irregular plural โ watch out, not โdes cheveuxโ โ hair)
- Un poney : poney (but itโs a โayโ sound in French, not a โeeโ sound! โponayโ)
- Mare : une jument
- Stallion : un รฉtalon
- Foal : un poulain
- Hoof : un sabot
- Neck : une encolure
- Withers : le garrot
- Legs : les jambes
- Mane: la criniรจre
- Tail : la queue
- Racehorseย : un cheval de course
- To buck : ruer
- To neigh: hennir
- The neigh: le hennissement
And now for a Fun French practice: watch Camille as she plays Minecraft in French! In this video, she tames a wild horse! You will learn some French horse vocabulary in context. Turn the CC in French or English if you wish.
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