Mots d’origine Arabe – Today’s French

French from Arabic – Le français d’aujourd’hui

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French has borrowed words from other cultures throughout the centuries. Here is a list of 10 common French words taken from Arabic. Listen to them, repeat them and send me your sentences with them.

Le français a emprunté des mots d’autres cultures à travers les siècles. Voici une liste de 10 mots français courants qui viennent de l’arabe. Écoutez-les, répétez-les et envoyez-moi vos phrases.

1. un algèbre …. algebra
2. un almanach …. almanac
3. un artichaut …. artichoke
4. une aubergine …. eggplant
5. un bled (fam.) …. village
6. du café …. coffee
7. une guitare …. guitar
8. un hasard …. chance
9. la smala (fam.) …. family
10. un toubib (fam.) …. doctor

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