Les vêtements (clothing)

Les Vêtements (Clothing)

(If there is a * it means you’re not required to know for the D.F. series, but still good info to know!)
    items in purple are false cognates!

1. des baskets (m. pl.) – some hightops/basketball shoes 
2. un blouson – a light jacket
3. des bottes (f. pl.)– some boots
   4. une casquette – a baseball cap
   5. une ceinture – a belt
   6. un chapeau – a hat
   7. des chaussettes (f. pl.) – some socks
   8. des chaussures (f. pl.) – some shoes
   9. une chemise – a dress shirt
   10. un chemisier – a blouse
   11. des collants (m. pl.) – some tights/pantyhose
   12. une cravate – a tie
   13. un imper(méable) – a raincoat
   14. un jean – a pair of jeans
   15. un jogging – a jogging suit
   16. une jupe – a skirt
   17. des lunettes  (f. pl.) – some glasses
   18. des lunettes de soleil (f. pl.)– sunglasses
   19. un maillot de bain – a bathing suit
   20. un manteau – a winter coat/an overcoat
   21. mettre – to put/place/put on clothing* (irregular verb*)
   22. un pantalon – a pair of pants
   23. un polo – a polo shirt
   24. porter – to wear (regular ER verb)
   25. un pull – sweater
   26. une robe – a dress
   27. des sandales (f. pl.)– some sandals
   28. un short – a pair of shorts
   29. un survêtement – a track suit
   30. un sweat – sweatshirt
   31. un tee-shirt – a t-shirt
   32. des tennis (m. pl.) – some tennis shoes
   33. une veste – a dress jacket / sportcoat

   Here is a Quizlet with the clothing from DF Bleu

(The following table on French clothing is based on this table here)

(Listen to the clothing to learn how it’s pronounced here)

Le Vocabulaire Français pour LES VÊTEMENTS Clothing
les vêtements habillés – dress clothes		les vêtements sport – casual clothes		les chaussures – shoes
la chemise	button down shirt	la casquette	cap	les chaussures	shoes
la cravate	tie	le tee-shirt	t-shirt	une paire de chaussures	pair of shoes
le pantalon	pants	le polo	polo shirt	les baskets	basketball shoes/ trainers
le complet le costume	suit	le pull(over)	a sweater	les tennis	tennis shoes
le manteau	coat	le sweat-shirt	sweatshirt	les sandales	sandals
le tailleur	women’s suit	le blouson la veste	jacket	les bottes	boots
la robe	dress	le jean	jeans
le chemisier	blouse	les chaussettes	socks
la jupe	skirt

Notez bien:   une chemise – button down shirt       un chemisier  –  blouse
(une chemise is used more for typically men’s shirts, and un chemisier for women’s blouses)

Vocabulary associated with clothing:
(Fr. 1 don’t need to know)

Comment trouves-tu ce pantalon? – What do you think of these pants? (literally how do you find them)

Qu’est-ce que vous pensez de mes bottes? – What do you (plural) think of my boots?

Aimes-tu mon manteau vert? – Do you like my green coat?

Ça me va bien, l’uniforme? – Does this uniform fit me nicely?
Oui, ça te va bien – Yes, it’s looks nice on you.

Practice clothing with languages online French lessons:

Decide what each person is wearing – highlight clothing they are wearing

Les couleurs et les vetements “dans la valise” (what people have in their suitcase) – choose clothing and colors and drag into suitcase

Dress each person with floating clothes–  dress each person and fill in the blank about what they are wearing

Take a look at some online French clothing sites:

La Redoute

Les Trois Suisses

Article: “5 French fashion destinations ” (Jan. 2018)