French Travel Vocabulary

noms/nouns:

le voyage - journey

le bagage - luggage/baggage

la valise - suitcase

le sac à main - handbag

le sac à dos - backpack

le carrousel - baggage claim

le passeport - passport

le visa - visa

la carte d'identité - ID card

les documents de voyage (m) - travel documents

l'avion (m) - airplane

l'aéroport (m) - airport

le vol - flight

la porte - gate

l'escale (f) - layover

l'arrivée (f) - arrival

le hall d'arrivée - arrival’s hall

le départ - departure

la salle de départ - departure lounge

le guichet - ticket desk

le train - train

la gare - train station

la gare centrale - main train station

le quai - platform

le billet - (rail road) ticket

le guichet - ticket counter

le bac/le ferry - ferry

le bateau - boat

le port - port

la croisière - cruise

l'hôtel (m) - hotel

l'auberge (f) - hostel

la nuit(ée) - overnight stay

la réservation - booking/reservation

le changement de réservation - transfer

verbes/verbs:

voyager - to travel

aller à l'étranger - to go abroad

changer de l'argent - exchange currency

voler - to fly

dédouaner qc. - to pay duty on something

prendre le train/aller en train - to take the train

rater le train - to miss the train

changer de train - to transfer to another train

arriver - to arrive

partir - to depart

conduire - to drive

attendre - to wait

passer la nuit - to stay overnight

coucher à l'hôtel - to spend the night at a hotel

réserver - to place a reservation/to book

découvrir - to discover

se perdre - to get lost

adjectifs/adjectives:

en retard - late

annulé(e) - cancelled

réservé(e) - reserved

quelques phrases qui pourraient aider/useful phrases:

“Où se trouve…?/Où est…?” - “"Where’s..?”

“J'ai perdu mon passeport.” - “I have lost my passport”

“Sur quel quai part ce train?” - “On which platform does this train depart?”

“Rien à déclarer” - “Nothing to declare”

“Combien coûte le/un billet?” - “How much does a ticket cost?”

“À quelle heure arrive le prochain bateau?” - “When will the next boat arrive?”

bon voyage! - have a nice journey!

(This is my second vocab list, aka the German one just translated to French, again if you have any recommendations to improve it, please tell me! And if you want me to do any vocabulary lists on certain topics in either German, French, and maybe Italian, then don’t hesistate to ask. I hope you all have a nice weekend!)

Thank you for all your corrections so far!