43 Vegetable in French

French immersion teacher Suzanne loves to garden and has a beautiful French garden. She also loves to grow her own vegetables and today, she’s put together this list of French vegetables with English translation.

If you can thing of more French vegetable names, please add them to the comment section below (with their English translation) and I’ll complete the list. Thank you!

French Vegetable List

1. French Vegetable Vocabulary
2. l’ail (m) – garlic (note we would say “une tête d’ail” for a head of garlic and “une gousse d’ail” for a clove of garlic.
3. l’artichaut  (m) – artichoke
4. l’asperge  (f) – asparagus
5. l’avocat (m) – avocado
6. la betterave jaune/rouge (f) – beetroot (red & golden)
7. la blette  – chard
8. la carotte – carrot
9. le céleri-branche – stick celery
10. le céleri-rave – celeriac
11. le chou blanc/rouge/ vert – green/ red /white cabbage
12. le chou-fleur -cauliflower
13. les brocolis (m but usually used in the plural in French) – broccoli
14. le chou de Bruxelles – Brussels sprouts
15. le chou kale – kale
16. le concombre – cucumber
17. la courgette – zucchini
18. la courge d’hiver (Butternut) – winter squash
19. l’échalotte (f) – shallot
20. l’épinard (m) – spinach
21. la fève – broad bean
22. les fleurs comestibles (bourrache/capucine/souci…) – edible flowers (borage, nasturtium, French marigold)
23. le haricot vert – green bean as in “le haricot d’Espagne/grimpant” – runner bean, climbing bean or “le haricot nain” – dwarf bean, French bean if you wanted to be really precise… Not to be mistaken with “les haricots secs” which are (dry) beans.
24. le lupin comestible – edible lupin
25. la mâche – lamb’s lettuce
26. le maïs doux – sweetcorn
27. le navet – turnip
28. l’oignon (m) – onion
29. l’oignon vert (m) – scallion also called “les petits oignons”
30. le panais – parsnip
31. la patate douce – sweet potato
32. la patate – potato – also commonly called “la pomme de terre”.
33. le piment – chili pepper
34. le poireau – leek
35. le poivron doux – sweet pepper
36. le potimarron – pumpkin
37. le pois mangetout – mangetout pea
38. le radis – radish
39. la roquette – rocket
40. le rutabaga – swede
41. la salade verte (batavia, laitue, romaine etc) – lettuce (often known by the name of the variety). Note that by default, if someone asked you to buy “une salade” they’d expect some kind of green lettuce, not a potatoes salad…
42. la tomate – tomato… hum, fruit or vegetable? I’ll let you decide!
43. le topinambour – Jerusalem artichoke

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How do you Say Vegetable in French?

Vegetable in French is “un légume”: this refers to (mostly) green vegetables, veggies, not to be mistaken with ‘a legume’ which is “une légumineuse”, a feminine word in French:

Les lentilles sont des légumineuses
Lentils are legumes.

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