ballon de rouge – Mot du jour

glass of red wine – French expression

Part of Mots Du Jour | French Wine

What does ” ballon de rouge ” mean? How do you say ‘ glass of wine ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

un ballon de rouge – a ball of red. In everyday French, un ballon de rouge is used to describe a glass of cheap wine served in a round, ball-shape wine glass. That common cultural aspect is lost in translation and comes out in English as plain as ‘a glass of wine’.

« Allez, Dédé, verse-moi un petit ballon de rouge ! »
“Come on, Drew, pour me a little glass or red wine!”

Tenses and Modes

Impératif : Verse-moi un ballon de rouge ! - Versez-moi un ballon de rouge !
Impératif négatif : Ne me verse pas de ballon de rouge ! Ne me versez pas de ballon de rouge !