France is full of masterpieces of architecture. Its a delight to watch the structures. However, what are they called in French? Come let’s find out with the help of this article.
1. Une maison
Meaning: a building that people, usually one family, live in
English: house
Example: Où est ta maison? (Where is your house?)
2. un batiment
Meaning: a structure with walls and a roof, such as a house or factory, to give protection to people, animals, or things
English: building
Example: Elle vit dans le bâtiment à côté du mien. (She lives in the building next to mine.)
3. un immeuble
Meaning: a structure with walls and a roof, such as a house or factory
English: building
Example: Nous avons vu l’immeuble s’écraser en quelques secondes. (We saw the building crush down in seconds.)
4. un gratte-ciel
Meaning: a very tall modern building, usually in a city
English: skyscraper
Example: Nous n’avons jamais vu un gratte-ciel aussi haut dans la vie. (We’d never seen such a tall skyscraper ever in life.)
5. un étage
Meaning :the flat surface of a room on which you walk:
English: floor
Example: Combien d’étages y a-t-il dans votre immeuble? (How many floors are there in your building?)
6. une grange
Meaning : a large building on a farm in which animals or hay (= dried grass) and grain are kept
English: barn
Example: La grange est remplie de céréales. (The barn is filled with grains.)
7. un portail
Meaning: a door, gate, etc. by which you can enter a building or place
English: entrance
Example: Le portail était déjà ouvert. (The gate was already open.)
8. un château
Meaning: a large strong building, built in the past by a ruler or important person to protect the people inside from attack
English: castle
Example: Avez-vous déjà vu un château? (Have you ever seen a castle?)
9. une tour
Meaning : a tall, narrow structure, often square or circular, that either forms part of a building or stands alone
English: tower
Example: Il vivait dans la tour à côté du centre commercial.(He lived in the tower besides the mall.)
10. une cathédrale
Meaning: a very large, usually stone, building for Christian worship. It is the largest and most important church of a diocese
English: cathedral
Example: Avez-vous visité la cathédrale Notre-Dame en France? (Have you visited the Notre Dame cathedral in France?)
11. une église
Meaning :a building for Christian religious activities
English: church
Example: Les gens se sont rassemblés à l’église pour la messe du dimanche. (The people gathered at the church for the sunday mass.)
12. un clocher
Meaning: a tall, narrow building, or part of a building, that has a clock at the top of it
English: clock tower
Example: Ce clocher a été construit en 1900. (This clock tower was built in 1900.)
13. l’arc
Meaning: a structure, consisting of a curved top on two supports, that holds the weight of something above it
English: arch
Example: L’arc a une portée de 50 mètres (The arch has a span of 50 metres..)
14. le dôme
Meaning: a rounded roof on a building or a room, or a building with such a roof
English: dome
Example: La chapelle était surmontée d’un dôme de marbre blanc.(The chapel was topped by a dome of white marble.)
I hope you enjoyed learning about different words related to architecture in French. The next time you want to talk about architecture in French, be sure to use these words. For more such vocabulary, keep reading our blog. You can easily learn French online with us. Stay tuned for more interesting language blogs.
