A beginner list of 22 French words for parts of the body vocabulary, each with an example sentence to show it in context.
| French | English | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|
| un membre | a limb | Un membre cassé fait mal. A broken limb hurts. |
| la tête | head | J’ai mal à la tête. I have a headache. |
| le cou | neck | Elle porte un collier au cou. She wears a necklace around her neck. |
| une épaule | a shoulder | Il se fait mal à l’épaule. He hurts his shoulder. |
| le bras | arm | Il a un tatouage sur le bras. He has a tattoo on his arm. |
| le coude | elbow | Je me suis cogné le coude. I banged my elbow. |
| le poignet | wrist | Elle porte une montre au poignet. She wears a watch on her wrist. |
| la main | hand | Il serre la main de son ami. He shakes his friend’s hand. |
| le doigt | finger | Elle a une bague au doigt. She has a ring on her finger. |
| le dos | back (body) | J’ai mal au dos après le sport. My back hurts after sport. |
| le torse | torso | Il a le torse musclé. He has a muscular torso. |
| la poitrine | chest, breasts | Il respire, la poitrine qui se soulève. He breathes, his chest rising. |
| la hanche | hip | La jupe serre à la hanche. The skirt is tight at the hip. |
| les fesses | buttocks | L’enfant tombe sur les fesses. The child falls on his bottom. |
| la jambe | leg | Elle s’est cassé la jambe au ski. She broke her leg skiing. |
| la cuisse | thigh | Le muscle de la cuisse est puissant. The thigh muscle is powerful. |
| le genou | knee | Il s’est blessé au genou. He injured his knee. |
| le mollet | calf | Le mollet se contracte en courant. The calf contracts when running. |
| la cheville | ankle | Je me suis tordu la cheville. I twisted my ankle. |
| le pied | foot | Le pied mesure vingt-cinq centimètres. The foot measures twenty-five centimetres. |
| un orteil | a toe | Un orteil est engourdi. A toe is numb. |
| un doigt de pied | a toe | Il remue les doigts de pied. He wiggles his toes. |
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