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French People & Family Vocabulary — Words to Hear and Play

The first French you'll ever use is almost always about people — introducing your family, naming a friend, asking who someone is. This page gathers the essential French vocabulary for people and family, from l'homme (man) and la femme (woman) to la mère (mother), le père (father) and l'ami (friend), each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a button to hear it spoken in a native voice. A note for English speakers: French nouns have gender, and with people it usually follows the obvious line — le frère (brother) is masculine, la sœur (sister) feminine — but the article still travels with the word, so learn la fille, not just fille. Watch the silent endings too: the d in grand and the s in plurals like les enfants aren't pronounced, and words often link together when spoken — les amis sounds like "lay-zah-mee". That linking is exactly why hearing the words matters more than reading them. Skim the table, tap any 🔊 to listen, then take these words into Linguver, where the English word falls and you shoot its French translation from the drum.

Key words explained

• man homme🔊 A tall man waited quietly at the bus stop.
• woman femme🔊 The woman next door grows roses along her fence.
• child enfant🔊 Every child in the class drew a picture of home.
• baby bébé🔊 The baby slept through the entire flight.
• family famille🔊 Their whole family gathered for dinner on Sunday.
• mother mère🔊 My mother taught me how to ride a bike.
• father père🔊 His father reads him a story every night.
• friend ami🔊 I ran into an old friend at the train station today.

All 90 French people words

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