{"id":29414,"date":"2017-12-06T13:33:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T12:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=29414"},"modified":"2017-12-05T20:20:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T19:20:04","slug":"a-little-french-breakfast-vocabulary-to-start-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-little-french-breakfast-vocabulary-to-start-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little French Breakfast Vocabulary To Start The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le petit d\u00e9jeuner<\/strong> (breakfast) is the first meal of the day and while la cuisine<\/strong> (the food) and the time<\/a> may vary from place to place, everywhere in the world has some kind of breakfast.<\/p>\n

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Image<\/a> by Andr\u00e9s Moreira on Flickr. License under CC BY-SA 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

It may take a while for some people to wake up, but everyone has une routine du matin<\/strong> (a morning routine) that involves things like l’entaientment matinal<\/strong><\/a> (morning exercise), se brosser les dents<\/strong><\/a> (brushing your teeth), and of course, le petit d\u00e9jeuner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, even though it may not look like it, the French petit d\u00e9jeuner<\/em> <\/strong>has a similar origin<\/a> to the English word:<\/p>\n

Petit d\u00e9jeuner\u00a0<\/strong>
\nBreakfast\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The word derives from jeuner<\/strong> <\/em>meaning to fast<\/em> (as in to not eat for a period of time) and adding the d\u00e9-<\/strong> <\/em>prefix gives it the opposite meaning. That gives d\u00e9jeuner<\/strong><\/em> the definition of ending the fast<\/em> or breaking the fast<\/em>, similar to the English term, break-fast<\/em>. It’s also important to remember that without the petit<\/strong><\/em>, the word becomes lunch<\/em>.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9jeuner<\/strong>
\nLunch<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

En France<\/strong>, le petit d\u00e9jeuner<\/strong> <\/em>features pastries like le croissant, le beignet, la cr\u00eape<\/strong> and of course le pain au chocolat <\/strong><\/a>(without getting into the big debate over la chocolatine<\/strong><\/a>) and is usually accompanied by un caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/a>, but some people prefer du th\u00e9<\/strong> (tea), une infusion<\/strong> (herbal tea), or du jus<\/strong> (juice) instead.<\/p>\n

No matter what you eat, la routine du matin<\/strong> that goes along with le petit d\u00e9jeuner<\/strong> can set the mood for the entire day. To get in the French learning mood, try to start saying what you ate for breakfast en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>, even if it’s not a French breakfast<\/em><\/a> and you’re a little far from une boulangerie fran\u00e7aise <\/strong>(a French bakery)!<\/p>\n

Voici un vocabulaire du petit d\u00e9jeuner :<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Image<\/a> by Barbara W on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

Breakfast – Le petit d\u00e9jeuner
\nLunch – Le d\u00e9jeuner
\nDinner – Le d\u00eener
\nMilk – Le lait
\nCereal – Les c\u00e9r\u00e9ales
\nCoffee – Le caf\u00e9
\nTea – Le th\u00e9
\nHerbal Tea – L’infusion
\nOrange Juice – Le jus d’orange
\nBread – Le pain
\nToast – Le pain grill\u00e9
\nJam – La confiture
\nPancake – Le pancake
\nWaffle – La gaufre
\nSyrup – Le sirop
\nBacon – Le bacon
\nEggs – Les \u0153ufs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Le petit d\u00e9jeuner (breakfast) is the first meal of the day and while la cuisine (the food) and the time may vary from place to place, everywhere in the world has some kind of breakfast. It may take a while for some people to wake up, but everyone has une routine du matin (a morning…<\/p>\n

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