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Words and terms you will find on labels and signs when shopping in Calais and France. For day trippers and visitors to Calais, France.

Food, Shopping Labels and Terms

Print our food, shopping and label words and terms tables and take them with you when shopping in France.

These words and phrases should help you make better use of the products you want to try when shopping in France.

On these pages we list useful words, phrases and other French related information for French travellers and students.

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Quick booking links

Ferry companies to;

Nord & Pas de CalaisNormandy & BrittanySpainIrelandNorth SeaMini Cruises

Cheapest return ferry fares with DFDS Ferries. - Daytrips £19, Overnight £25, 5 day return £39 (until 12th July).

Daytrip from Dover to Calais with PO Ferry. Daytrips only £25 (Car and up to 9 people).

Brittany Ferries Offer. Daytrip from £75 (£29 a car plus £23 per passenger, minimum two people). Direct ferry booking links

DFDS Seaways Ferries . Mini cruise breaks to Amsterdam from Newcastle. Great deals available.

Rail companies; Eurostar • Eurotunnel • Rail Europe

Airport parking & lounges • Airlines • Car hire • Coaches • Travel Insurance

Book a hotel in France & the U.K.

When buying fish

Preparation can be done in the following ways. The asistant will remove the bits in red.

1 Vidé - opened

2 Tranche - cut

3 Filet - filleted

4 Pelé - whole

5 Écaillé - descaled

fish shopping France

Shop Names

Bakery - Boulangerie

Butcher - Boucherie

Cake / Pastry Shop - Pâtisserie

Chemist - Pharmacie

Fishmonger - Poissonerie

Grocer - Épicerie

Newsagent - Tabac

Shopping Centre - Centre Commercial

Supermarket - Supermarché

Herbs

Meat

Dishes

Cheese

Shopping

Condiment

Fowl

Fish

Sauce

Dessert

Fruit / Vegetables

Labels / Words

Alcohol / Drink

Bread/Pastry

Translate English to French / French to English

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Walk and Talk - Waymark Holidays have a special walking holiday which is combined with learning French - more

Useful Outside links

learn French - Publishers of Audio Magazines on CD and cassette for intermediate-to-advanced speakers of French, Spanish, German, and Italian. www.champs-elysees.com

linguaphone French - Linguaphone. www.linguaphone.co.uk

la vie outre manche - Concorde French. "La Vie autres Manche". www.concordefrench.com

learning French - Alliance Francaise. Find a course throughout France. www.alliancefr.org

French dictionary - Wordchamp. A very useful resource, we found translations for some words we needed here. Speaks the words as well! www.wordchamp.com

Babelfish. Useful internet translation service, we like this service provided. Babelfish.altavista.com

Reverso. This one worked well too. www.reverso.net

Free Translation. You might like to try this one as well. www.freetranslation.com

M-W. French to English. www.merriam-webster.com

Dictionary. English to French. www.dictionary.com

Pourre. French dictionary of colours. pourpre.com/chroma

French Linguistics. French-English translations. www.french-linguistics.co.uk/dictionary

French learning web - Lingo 24. www.lingo24.com

More useful links for learning French and translation