Random French Word Generator
Random French vocabulary with translations.
Random French Word Generator
The Random French Word Generator picks beginner French vocabulary with English translations. Use it for a mot du jour, quick flashcard sets, classroom warm-ups or self-testing before an exam.
Topics
- Greetings & phrases – bonjour, merci, s'il vous plaît, à bientôt
- Family & people – la mère, le frère, la sœur, le grand-père
- Food & drink – le pain, le fromage, la fraise, le beurre
- Animals – le chien, le chat, le papillon, la tortue
- Colors – rouge, bleu, vert, jaune
- Home & objects – la maison, la fenêtre, la clé, le miroir
- Time & weather – aujourd'hui, demain, la pluie, l'hiver
- Verbs – être, avoir, faire, aller, manger, aimer
- Adjectives – grand, petit, beau, heureux
Study tips
Learn the article with the noun. Gender affects adjectives and pronouns, so memorise la table and le livre as single units. Where the article is l', check whether it is masculine or feminine.
Say it aloud. French spelling hides many silent letters – the final letters of lait, froid and souris are not pronounced. Listening to and repeating each word fixes the sound in memory.
Quiz yourself. Set Show to English – word and try to recall the French before reading it. Spaced repetition – reviewing a word after one day, three days and a week – makes it stick.
Build sentences. Generate a verb, a noun and an adjective and combine them: Le chat mange le fromage.
Watch the irregular verbs. Être, avoir, faire and aller are irregular but are also the most frequently used verbs in French – conjugate each in the present tense.
How to use
Choose a topic in Group or keep All, set How many, choose what to Show and press Generate. Starts with matches the word itself and ignores le, la, les, un, une and l'.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do French nouns have le, la or l' in front?
French nouns are masculine (le chien) or feminine (la maison). Before a vowel or silent h both become l' – l'eau, l'homme – so the gender is hidden; learn those words with un or une too.
What level is the vocabulary?
Beginner (A1–A2): about 120 everyday words in nine topics – greetings, family, food, animals, colors, home, time & weather, verbs and adjectives.
Are accents included?
Yes. Words keep their accents and ligatures – fenêtre, être, l'été, sœur – because they change pronunciation and sometimes meaning.
Can I make flashcards from the list?
Yes. Download the list as a text file; most flashcard apps can import one card per line, using the dash between the French word and the English meaning as the separator.