List of parts of the body in French

Learn how to talk about the different parts of your body in French with this useful vocabulary list.

Vocab

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Un membre		A limb
La tête		Head
Le cou		Neck
Une épaule		A shoulder
Le bras		Arm
Le coude		Elbow
Le poignet		Wrist
La main		Hand
Le doigt		Finger
Le dos		Back (body)
Le torse		Torso
La poitrine		Chest, breasts
La hanche		Hip
Les fesses		Buttocks
La jambe		Leg
La cuisse		Thigh
Le genou		Knee
Le mollet		Calf
La cheville		Ankle
Le pied		Foot
Un orteil		A toe
Un doigt de pied		A toe

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CrisA1Kwiziq community member

How are they pronounced?

Eyes, Nose, lips, ears, palms of the hand?

Asked 9 months ago

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MarkC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Hi Chris

When you come to examples that use parts of the body, there will be audio clips for you.

Agree that they are not in that lesson and you will have to search for the specific words

This might help vocabulary/body/

L'œil.. .. you can search in French or English.

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/search?s=

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Cris asked:View original

How are they pronounced?

Eyes, Nose, lips, ears, palms of the hand?

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IsabelleB1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What a great idea

I love how the audio has a female voice saying each of the feminine nouns, and a male voice for the masculine ones. I expect that actually will help us to remember the gender for these listed body parts if we play it a few times -- thank you!

Asked 9 months ago

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CélineKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Bonjour Isabelle,

Thank you for your really nice comment ! At Kwiziq, We aim to please.

Merci et bonne journée !

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Isabelle asked:View original

What a great idea

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MarilynA2Kwiziq community member

Masc or fem

Is there any logic to the gender of body parts or is it just random to be memorized?

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ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

The general guidelines for "guessing" a noun's gender apply, though. There's a lesson on this:

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/how-to-identify-gender-by-some-word-endings

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CécileKwiziq team member

Hi Marilyn,

As Chris says there are ways to guess the gender of words by looking for patterns and there will always be exceptions like for instance words ending in 'ette' are normally feminine apart from le squelette( skeleton) which is masculine. That is why it's a good idea to always memorize words with an article -

la tête = the head

le pied = the foot

la bouche = the mouth

etc.

Bonne Continuation !

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Marilyn asked:View original

Masc or fem

Is there any logic to the gender of body parts or is it just random to be memorized?

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AimeeA0Kwiziq community member

how to remember parts of the body in french for beginners

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HectorA1Kwiziq community member

Use a sheet of paper with a drawing"parts of the human body" place it somewhere in your room wall/door:include just those parts most difficult to remenber.

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IsabelleB1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the simple diagram I drew in my notebook, I used blue and pink highlighting pens to outline the body parts, which quickly helped to learn the correct gender. Now I need to learn the actual words - Ha!

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how to remember parts of the body in french for beginners

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