French vocabulary about meats
Unlike English which generally uses the Latin name for the meat and the Celtic name for the animal, in French we stay with the Latin word for meats.
| English |
French |
| Meat |
La Viande |
|
Pork ( from the pig)
|
Le porc
|
|
Beef ( from the cow )
|
Le beouf
|
|
Veal ( from the calf )
|
Le veau
|
|
Mutton ( from the sheep )
|
Le mouton
|
Poultry
| English |
French |
| Poultry |
La volaille |
|---|
| Capon |
Le chapon |
| Chicken |
Le poulet |
| Cockeral |
Le coq |
| Duck |
Le canard |
| Goose |
L’oie (m) |
| guinea fowl |
La pintade |
| Poularde |
La poularde |
| Turkey |
La dinde |
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