Common French Vocabulary: Fruits and Vegetables -- Les Fruits et les Légumes

Starting in this lesson, please notice that most (but not all) French words which end in -e are feminine. If a word ends in -s, it is probably plural (but ananas and radis are obviously not plural!). Any other ending is probably masculine. This will help you decide if a word such as l'aubergine is masculine or feminine.

-e = féminin

-s = pluriel 

[other endings] = masculine

Here is a lovely little video to practice fruit words:

Français	IPA	English
Les fruits	le fʁɥi
La pomme	la pɔm
la banane	la banan
la fraise	la fʁεz
le raisin	lə ʁεzε̃	FALSE Friend! FR le raisin = EN grapes (raisins = dried grapes)
les cerises	le səʁiz	= cherries
l'ananas	lananas	Some people don't pronounce the "s"
la pastèque	la pastεk	Mnemonic: “Pas” = not, stèque ~ steak, “watermelon is NOT a steak”
la poire	la pwaʁ	= pear

Here is a similar video to practice vegetable words:

Français	IPA	English
Les légumes	le legym
L'aubergine	lobεʁʒin	BrE: aubergine AmE: eggplant
la carotte	la kaʁɔt	English has  2 Rs and 1 T: carrot
les petits pois	le pəti pwɑ	peas
la tomate	la tɔmat
le poivron	lə pwavʁo͂	Le poivre 胡椒粉 “Ça pique?” 辣不辣？ “Ça ne pique pas” 不辣！
le radis	lə ʁadi	拉丁文Radix = 根 Radical change
l'asperge	laspεʁʒ	Asparagus
la pomme de terre	la pɔm də tεʁ	德文“earth apple” = potato