Farmer, peasant - Paysan (The 2317th Most Common French Word)

The French translation for Farmer, peasant is Paysan. This word often comes up when talking about occupation. It is classified as a B1 word, and is the 2317th most commonly used word in French. It can be used as adjective. 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 this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: farmer, peasant

French: paysan

Examples


The peasant, or the farmer in this case, does not count his time.	Le paysan ne compte pas son temps.
Markets of Provence, weekly market, farmer market, truffle market...	Les marchés de Provence, marché hebdomadaire, marché paysan, marché au truffes...
Chayanov's theory of the peasant household influenced economic anthropology.	La théorie de Chayanov du ménage paysan a influencé l'anthropologie économique.
After the rebellion, peasant leader Francisco Sánchez was hanged.	Après la rébellion, le chef paysan Francisco Sánchez a été pendu.
My father was a warrior and farmer all his life.	Mon père, soldat et paysan, m'a appris qu'un arbre, c'est comme un être humain.
Avit Theophil is another farmer in Karagwe district.	Avit Theophil est un autre paysan du district de Karagwe.
Farmer Obermeier buys a cartload of hay.	Le paysan Obermeier a acheté une charretée de foin.
In Chad, a journalist interviews a farmer for a community radio.	Une journaliste d'une radio communautaire tchadienne interviewe un paysan.

News from la Via Campesina: Interview with Papis, a young peasant from Senegal.	Entretien avec Papis, jeune paysan du Sénégal.
I'd like to breed cattle here. I'm a farmer.	Je suis paysan dans l'âme.
If you're talking about me, I'm not a farmer.	Je ne suis pas un paysan.
Be sure that this farmer has the curiosity that is characteristic of an early adopter.	Assurez-vous que ce paysan possède la curiosité des adopteurs précoces.
This marks a massive involvement of the small farmer world.	Cela marque une implication massive du monde paysan.
"What have you in that sack?" asked the peasant.	Qu'as-tu là-dedans? demanda notre paysan.
He was saved by a local peasant.	Il fut sauvé par un paysan du coin.
Tarrare crossed Prussian lines under cover of darkness, disguised as a German peasant.	Tarrare traversa les lignes prussiennes profitant de l'obscurité nocturne, déguisé en paysan allemand,.
The peasant meets a samurai with a weak horse.	Puis le paysan rencontre un samouraï accompagné d'un cheval affaibli.
The first part tells the story of the farmer Jón Hreggvisson and his battle with the Icelandic authorities.	La première partie raconte l'histoire du paysan Jón Hreggvisson et son combat avec les autorités islandaises.
Jeanne Champion, born in a peasant environment, is largely self-taught.	Jeanne Champion, née dans un milieu paysan, est largement autodidacte.
He knew and loved the peasant world.	Il connaissait et aimait le monde paysan.
The peasant rebel Ivan Bolotnikov was executed in Kargopol in 1608.	Le paysan rebelle Ivan Bolotnikov fut exécuté à Kargopol en 1608.