Parts of the Body

head

la tête

tet

hair

les cheveux

shuh-vuh

face

la figure / le visage

fee-ger / vee-sawzh

forehead

le front

frohn

cheek

la joue

zhoo

ear

l'oreille

oh-ray

beard

la barbe

barb

eye/s

l'œil / les yeux

uhee / yuh

mustache

la moustache

moo-stash

mouth

la bouche

boosh

lip

la lèvre

lev-ruh

nose

le nez

nay

tongue

la langue

lawn

tooth

la dent

dawn

neck

le cou

koo

eyebrows

les sourcils

soor-see

eyelashes

les cils

seel

chin

le menton

mawn-tohn

throat

la gorge

gorzh

skin

la peau

poh

blood

le sang

sawn

bone

l'os

lohs

shoulder

l'épaule

ay-pohl

chest

la poitrine

pwah-treen

waist

la taille

tahee

belly button

le nombril

nohn-bree

back

le dos

doh

heart

le cœur

kir

arm

le bras

brah

elbow

le coude

kood

wrist

le poignet

pwahn-yay

fist

le poing

pwahn

hand

la main

mahn

fingers

les doigts

dwah

stomach / belly

l'estomac / le ventre

less-to-mah / vawn-truh

body

le corps

kore

hip

la hanche

ahnsh

leg

la jambe

zhamb

knee

le genou

zhu-noo

foot

le pied

pyay

toes

les orteils

or-tie

ankle

la cheville

shu-vee

thigh

la cuisse

kweess

shin

le tibia

tee-bee-ah

thumb

le pouce

pooss

nails

les ongles

ohn-gluh

To saysomething hurts or that you have an ache, you can use avoir mal à(body part):

J'ai malà la tête. I have a headache. J'ai mal à l'estomac. I have a stomachache. Elle a mal au bras. Her arm hurts. Tu as mal au genou? Your kneehurts? Il a mal aux orteils. His toes hurt.

However,if someone is causing you pain, use faire mal (to hurt) plus theindirect pronoun.

Tu mefais mal. You're hurting me. Ne lui faites pas mal. Don't hurt him /her.

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