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vocabulaire module 6
Module 6 Additional vocab 3 Noël
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Noël | Christmas |
| la veille de Noël | Christmas Eve |
| le réveillon de Noël | Christmas Eve |
| la messe de minuit | midnight mass |
| le Nouvel An | New Year |
| le jour de l'an | New Year's Day |
| la fête des rois | Epiphany |
| la galette des rois | Epiphany cake, traditionally eaten on Twelfth Night |
| la fève | lucky charm found in the cake |
| Ie père Noël | Father Christmas |
| le sapin | Christmas tree |
| la boule de Noël | bauble |
| décorer | to decorate |
| la buche de Noel | Christmas log |
| la Saint-Nicolas | St Nicholas celebration |
| distribuer des friandises aux enfants sages | to give sweets to good children |
| le traineau | sleigh |
| Ies rennes (m) | reindeer |
| le grelot | sleighbell |
| le repas de Noël | Christmas dinner |
| partager un repas | to share a meal |
| la dinde | turkey |
| Ies huitres | oysters |
| le gâteau | cake |
| le calendrier de l‘Avent | Advent calendar |
| la Nativité | the Nativity |
| la crèche | nativity scene |
| Ies santons (m) | ornamental figures in Christmas nativity scenes |
| les treize desserts | in Provence, end of the Chirstmas Eve dinner, with 13 desserts |
| le marché de Noél | Christmas market |
| offrir Ies cadeaux | to give presents |
| une ambiance conviviale/familiale | friendly/family atmosphere |