25 French Rain Expressions & Videos

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Learn the French rain vocabulary and expressions we use to talk about rainy weather. Practice with 2 videos - mine and Leyla's (featuring Minecraft!)

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Table of Contents
​1 – How Do You Say Rain in French?​
​2 – French Storm Words​
​3 – How To Say To Rain In French​
​4 – Talking About Rain in French​
​5 – French Mistake: To Rain vs To Cry​
​6 – French Rain Expressions​
​7 – Learn the French Rain Vocabulary With Minecraft & Leyla​

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1 – How Do You Say Rain in French?

Rain in French is “la pluie”.

Here are some other French rain names:

1. La bruine : drizzle
2. le crachin : drizzle
3. L’averse : shower
4. L’ondée (f) : rain
5. Les précipitations (f) : word use in weather forecast to measure rain
6. La goutte : the drop

2 – French Storm Words

1. La tempête : storm, tempest
2. L’orage (masculine) : electric storm
3. Un éclair – lightning in the sky
4. La foudre – lightning bolt
5. Le tonnerre – thunder
6. Le tonnerre gronde – thunder is rumbling

3 – How To Say To Rain In French

To rain in French is “pleuvoir”.

Pleuvoir is always conjugated at the “il” form. The “il” doesn’t stand for anybody, it’s just the way we use this verb.

1. Il pleut – it’s raining, it rains
2. Il a plu – it rained (sometimes it was raining)
3. Il pleuvait – it rained, it was raining
4. Il va pleuvoir – it’s going to rain
5. Il pleuvra – it will rain
6. Qu’il pleuve – that it rains (subjunctive)

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