Bread - Pain (The 2802nd Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Bread is Pain. It can be used as noun. It is the 2802nd most commonly used word in French, classified as a B2 word. This word often comes up when talking about food. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: bread

French: pain

Examples


The bread is old and hard.	Le pain est vieux et dur.
I want bread.	Je veux du pain.
And a little bread.	Et un peu de pain.
The boy eats bread.	Le garçon mange du pain.
Man does not live by bread alone.	L'homme ne vit pas que de pain.
The man has more bread than his wife.	L'homme a plus de pain que sa femme.
There's no bread whatsoever in this house.	Il n'y a pas de pain du tout dans cette maison.
They have bread.	Ils ont du pain.

We don't have any more bread.	Nous n'avons plus de pain.
The woman tastes the bread.	La femme goûte le pain.
He could buy bread and milk with the money he had.	Il avait à peine assez d'argent pour acheter du pain et du lait.
I like milk and bread.	J'aime le lait et le pain.
He gave me bread and milk.	Il m'a donné du pain et du lait.
I hope there's still some bread left.	J'espère qu'il reste du pain.
The bread really smells good.	Ce pain sent vraiment bon.
I bought bread, coffee, sugar and the like.	J'ai acheté du pain, du café, du sucre, etc.
The bread is fresh.	Le pain est frais.
The bread is not fresh.	Le pain n'est pas frais.
He earns his bread by writing.	Il gagne son pain en écrivant.
I like rice more than bread.	Je préfère le riz au pain.
I like rice more than I like bread.	Je préfère le riz au pain.