Many people have gardening as a hobby. In this lesson, you will learn about various words related to gardening in French. If you are interested by gardening, then you can learn words so you can use them to speak in French.
1. jardin
Meaning: a piece of land next to and belonging to a house, where flowers and other plants are grown, and often containing an area of grass
English: garden
Example: Avez-vous un jardin dans votre bungalow? (Do you have a garden at your bungalow?)
2. jardinage
Meaning: the job or activity of working in a garden, growing and taking care of the plants, and keeping it attractive
English: gardening
Example: Elle déteste le jardinage. (She hates gardening.)
3. graines
Meaning: a small, round or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant can grow
English: seeds
Example: Elle a gardé des graines de mangue pour ses cheveux et sa peau. (She saved mango seeds for her hair and skin.)
4. creuser
Meaning: to break up and move soil using a tool, a machine, or your hands
English: to dig
Example: Il creuse généralement le jardin car c’est bon pour le sol(He usually digs the garden as it’s good for the soil.)
5. planter
Meaning :to put a plant into the ground or into a container of soil so that it will grow
English: to plant
Example: Il plante un arbre chaque année le jour de son anniversaire. (He plants a tree every year on her birthday.)
6. arroser
Meaning: to pour water onto plants or the soil that they are growing in
English: to water
Example: N’oubliez pas d’arroser les plantes tous les deux jours. (Don’t forget to water the plants every other day.)
7. cultiver
Meaning: to prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop
English: cultivate
Example: Les agriculteurs y cultivent du riz et du maïs. (The farmers cultivate rice and maize here.)
8. binette
Meaning: a garden tool with a long handle and a short blade used to remove weeds and break up the surface of the ground
English: hoe
Example: À la maison, elle a attrapé la binette et s’est dirigée vers le jardin. (At the house she grabbed the hoe and started for the garden.)
9. pelle
Meaning : a tool consisting of a wide, square metal or plastic blade, usually with slightly raised sides, attached to a handle, for moving loose material such as sand, coal, or snow
English: shovel
Example: Elle a creusé un trou à l’aide d’une pelle. (She dug a hole with the help of a shovel.)
10. fourche
Meaning: a tool with a long handle and three or four points, used for digging and breaking soil into pieces
English: garden fork
Example: La fourche est un instrument de jardinage important. (The garden fork is an important gardening instrument. )
11. hache
Meaning : a tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting wood
English: axe
Example: Ils ont utilisé une hache pour abattre l’arbre. (They used an axe to chop down the tree.)
12. arrosoir
Meaning: a container for water with a handle and a long tube used for pouring water onto garden plants
English: watering can
Example: Je ne trouve pas l’arrosoir. (I can’t find the watering can.)
13. asperseur
Meaning: Organe musculaire creux, qui constitue l’élément moteur central de la circulation du sang
English: sprinkler
Example: Nous n’utilisons pas l’arroseur car il gaspille de l’eau. (We don’t use the sprinkler as it wastes water.)
14. compost
Meaning: decaying plant material that is added to soil to improve its quality
English: compost
Example: Le compost est en fait la meilleure alternative aux engrais. (Compost is actually the best alternative for fertilizers.)
15. gaule
Meaning: a young tree
English: sapling
Example: Ils ont planté de nombreux gaules le jour de l’environnement. (They planted many saplings on environment day.)
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