Names of countries in French

French words for different countries

Le pays : The country

Les pays : The countries

As in many languages, countries do not have the same name in a foreign language. Below is a list of many country names to help you learn French.

Country names

French English

L'Algérie
L'Afrique du sud
L'Angleterre
L'Allemagne
L'Arabie Saoudite
L'Australie
L'Autriche
La Belgique
Le Brésil
La Chine
La Corée du Sud
Le Danemark
L'Ecosse
L'Egypte
L'Espagne
Les Etats-Unis
Le Finlande
La France
La Grande Bretagne
L'Inde
L'Italie
L'Iraq
Le Japon
Le Liban
La Norvège
La Nouvelle Zélande
Le Pays de Galle
Les Pays-Bas
Les Philippines
La Pologne
La Russie
La Slovénie
La Suède
La Suisse

Algeria
South Africa
England
Germany
South Arabia
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazile
China
South Korea
Denmark
Scotland
Egypt
Spain
The United States
Finland
France
Great Britain
India
Italy
Iraq
Japan
Lebanon
Norway
New Zealand
Wales
The Netherlands
The Philippines
Poland
Russia
Slovania
Swedan
Switzerland

The continents

French English
L'AmériqueAmerica
L'AsieAsia
L'AfriqueAfrica
L'Europe Europe
L'OcéanieOceania

Click on the play button. Listen to the names of the continents in French, try and repeat each yime. Continue repeating until you feel you can copy the sounds without hesitating.


The world regions

French English

Le moyen orient
L'extrême orient
Le Maghreb

The Middle East
The Far East
Northern Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, Marroco)


Comments

Le Pays can also mean the region, the locality or the home town.

In English, most country names have the article removed, whereas in French the article is generally present.


Useful French Phrase

Pierre va en Allemagne
Pierre goes to Germany

Elle va en Italie
She goes to Itlay

Jean habite au Portugal
Jean lives in Portugal

Annie est née en France
Annie is born in France

David travaille en Suisse
David works in Switzerland

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