Water - Eau (The 475th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Water is Eau. This word often comes up when talking about body & health, house, nature & weather, materials & quality. It is the 475th most commonly used word in French, classified as a A1 word. It can be used as noun. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: water

French: eau

Examples


Without air and water, nothing could live.	Sans air et sans eau, rien ne pourrait vivre.
Without water one cannot live.	Vous ne pourriez pas vivre sans eau.
Without air and water, we would not be able to live.	Nous ne pouvons vivre sans air ni eau.
If it were not for water, we couldn't live.	Sans eau, nous ne pourrions pas vivre.
This water is good to drink.	Cette eau est bonne à boire.
Without water, the soldiers would've died.	Sans eau, les soldats seraient morts.
Please give me some ice for the water.	Donnez-moi, s'il vous plaît, un peu de glace pour mettre dans mon eau
If it were not for water, human life would be impossible.	Sans eau, la vie humaine ne serait pas possible.

You can't exist without water.	Il est impossible de vivre sans eau.
We got lost in the desert with no water or food.	Nous nous sommes perdus dans le désert sans eau ni nourriture.
Without water, there's no life.	Sans eau, il n'y a pas de vie.
Man cannot live without water.	Vous ne pouvez pas vivre sans eau.
This water tastes good.	Cette eau a bon goût.
Heat turns ice into water.	La chaleur transforme la glace en eau.
When ice melts, it becomes water.	Quand la glace fond, elle se transforme en eau.
Water and oil don't mix.	Huile et eau sont immiscibles.
This water tastes like a pipe.	Cette eau a un goût de tuyau.
In the Japanese garden with a watermill nothing should distract from the contemplation of the natural elements.	Dans le jardin japonais avec un moulin à eau, rien ne doit détourner l'attention de la contemplation des éléments naturels.
They can't escape from that water.	Elles ne peuvent pas s'échapper de cette eau.
The Acrylic polymer is a product wich have the possibylity to absorb in a few seconds 300 times his volume in water.	Le polymère acrylique est un produit qui a la capacité d'absorber en quelques secondes 300 fois son volume en eau.
Former water mill, exhibition of old tools.	L'Ancien moulin à eau, exposition d'outils anciens.