Food - Nourriture (The 2285th Most Common French Word)

The French translation for Food is Nourriture. It can be used as noun. It is classified as a B1 word, and is the 2285th most common word in French. 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 by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app to practice the 3000 most common French words, including this one, with over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: food

French: nourriture

Examples


The food is bad.	La nourriture est mauvaise.
Today we have a lot of food.	Aujourd'hui, nous avons beaucoup de nourriture.
I'm searching for food.	Je cherche de la nourriture.
My father is very particular about food.	Mon père est très pointilleux sur la nourriture.
He had no money, so he could not buy food.	Il n'avait pas d'argent, donc il ne pouvait pas acheter de nourriture.
He never had enough food to give to someone else.	Il n'avait jamais assez de nourriture à donner à quelqu'un d'autre.
The food is terrible.	La nourriture est dégueulasse.
The food is good, and the service here is good.	La nourriture est bonne et le service ici est bon.

Sleep is no less essential to one's health than food.	Le sommeil n'est pas moins nécessaire à la santé que la nourriture.
They had no food.	Ils n'avaient pas de nourriture.
That restaurant serves excellent food.	Ce restaurant sert une nourriture excellente.
He made it clear that he didn't like the food.	Il a précisé qu'il n'aimait pas la nourriture.
I gave him as much food as he wanted.	Je lui ai donné autant de nourriture qu'il voulait.
The smell of food made me hungry.	L'odeur de la nourriture me donnait faim.
He didn't know what to do with the leftover food.	Il ne sut pas quoi faire avec la nourriture excédentaire.
He did not know what to do with the extra food.	Il ne savait pas ce qu'il devait faire avec le reste de nourriture.
The food at this camp is terrible.	La nourriture dans ce camp est horrible.
Our food ran out.	Nous fûmes à court de nourriture.
We have supplied those families with food.	Nous avons fourni de la nourriture à ces familles.
We got lost in the desert with no water or food.	Nous nous sommes perdus dans le désert sans eau ni nourriture.
There is an urgent need for food and water.	Il y a un besoin urgent de nourriture et d'eau.