French Weather Vocabulary

The 15 beginner words (A1–A2) for weather, with their English translations and part of speech, across 4 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.

Weather Basics

A1–A2
EnglishFrenchTypeLevel
cloudynuageuxadjA1
coldfroidadjA1
hotchaudadjA1
rainpluienounA1
rainypluvieuxadjA1
sunnyensoleilléadjA1
snowneigenounA2
wetmouilléadjA2
windyventeuxadjA2

Weather Intermediate

A2
EnglishFrenchTypeLevel
fogbrouillardnounA2
frontfront météorologiquenounA2
stormtempêtenounA2
temperaturetempératurenounA2

Extreme Weather & Natural Events

A2
EnglishFrenchTypeLevel
earthquaketremblement de terrenounA2

Everyday Weather

A2
EnglishFrenchTypeLevel
thunderstormoragenounA2

The A1–A2 words are here. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The weather packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

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