French immersion teacher Suzanne loves to garden and has a beautiful French garden. She also loves to grow her own vegetables and today, sheâs 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 Iâll complete the list. Thank you!
French Vegetable List
- French Vegetable Vocabulary
- lâail (m) â garlic (note we would say âune tĂȘte dâailâ for a head of garlic and âune gousse dâailâ for a clove of garlic.
- lâartichaut  (m) â artichoke
- lâasperge  (f) â asparagus
- lâavocat (m) â avocado
- la betterave jaune/rouge (f) â beetroot (red & golden)
- la blette  â chard
- la carotte â carrot
- le cĂ©leri-branche â stick celery
- le cĂ©leri-rave â celeriac
- le chou blanc/rouge/ vert â green/ red /white cabbage
- le chou-fleur -cauliflower
- les brocolis (m but usually used in the plural in French) â broccoli
- le chou de Bruxelles â Brussels sprouts
- le chou kale â kale
- le concombre â cucumber
- la courgette â zucchini
- la courge dâhiver (Butternut) â winter squash
- lâĂ©chalotte (f) â shallot
- lâĂ©pinard (m) â spinach
- la fĂšve â broad bean
- les fleurs comestibles (bourrache/capucine/souciâŠ) â edible flowers (borage, nasturtium, French marigold)
- le haricot vert â green bean as in âle haricot dâEspagne/grimpantâ â runner bean, climbing bean or âle haricot nainâ â dwarf bean, French bean if you wanted to be really precise⊠Not to be mistaken with âles haricots secsâ which are (dry) beans.
- le lupin comestible â edible lupin
- la mĂąche â lambâs lettuce
- le maĂŻs doux â sweetcorn
- le navet â turnip
- lâoignon (m) â onion
- lâoignon vert (m) â scallion also called âles petits oignonsâ
- le panais â parsnip
- la patate douce â sweet potato
- la patate â potato â also commonly called âla pomme de terreâ.
- le piment â chili pepper
- le poireau â leek
- le poivron doux â sweet pepper
- le potimarron â pumpkin
- le pois mangetout â mangetout pea
- le radis â radish
- la roquette â rocket
- le rutabaga â swede
- la salade verte (batavia, laitue, romaine etc) â lettuce (often known by the name of the variety). Note that by default, if someone asked you to buy âune saladeâ theyâd expect some kind of green lettuce, not a potatoes saladâŠ
- la tomate â tomato⊠hum, fruit or vegetable? Iâll let you decide!
- le topinambour â Jerusalem artichoke
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How do you Say Vegetable in French?
Vegetable in French is âun lĂ©gumeâ: this refers to (mostly) green vegetables, veggies, not to be mistaken with âa legumeâ which is âune lĂ©gumineuseâ, a feminine word in French:
Les lentilles sont des légumineuses
Lentils are legumes.
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