French Slang Words for Weather and Time

Learn slang words in French related to weather and time

    

Learn some informal and slang words to talk about the weather and time in French, with audio recording by a native speaker.

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Weather and Time Slang Words

cailler - to freeze
cramer - to burn
flotter - to rain
flotte (f) - water
froid de canard - really cold weather
temps de chien - lousy weather
tomber des cordes - to rain heavily, to pour
il pleut comme vache qui pisse - it's pouring / it's really coming down
saucée (f) - shower
se peler les miches - to freeze one's ass off
→ Je suis frileuse et je me pèle les miches été comme hiver. I'm always cold and I freeze my ass off in summer like in winter.

entre chien et loup - at dusk, sunset
il y a des lustres - a long time ago
pige (f) - year
un de ces quat' - one of these days

 

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