Is your child involved in plenty of extra curricular sports? Team sports are a great way to get active, meet new friends, and build cooperation skills in and out of school.
We know that the best way to help your child become fluent in French is to incorporate it into all of their favourite activities. Here’s a list of basic sports terms in French so that your child can extend their vocabulary and enforce it while having fun with their teams.
As a parent, you can practice these by cheering on your child in French at their next game or meet!
Le soccer/foot – soccer
- Le match – game
- Une équipe – team
- Les crampons – cleats
- Le ballon de foot/ de soccer – soccer ball
- Le filet – goal net
- Le terrain de jeu – field
- Le stade – stadium
- Un arbitre – referee
- Un entraineur – coach
- Un joueur – player
- Marquer un but – to score a goal
- Tirer – to kick
Le basket-ball – basketball
- Le ballon – ball
- Le panier – basket
- Le filet – net
- L’anneau – hoop
- Sauter – to jump
- Le terrain – court
- Attraper – to catch
- Tirer – to shoot
- La ligne de trois points – 3-point line
- La ligne de centre – center line
Le hockey – hockey
- La cage – goal/goal post
- Un bâton de hockey – hockey stick
- Le gardien de but – goalie
- Un hockeyeur / une hockeyeuse – hockey player (m/f)
- La patinoire – hockey rink
- Une rondelle – puck
- Patiner – to skate
- Tirer – to shoot
- Un gant – glove
- Le tire frappé – slapshot
- Truc du chapeau / tour de chapeau – hat trick
Le football (américain) – football
- Ligne d’en-but – goal line
- Pause – halftime
- Botté de dégagement – punt
- Un casque muni de grilles – facemask
- Une épaulière – shoulder pad
- Un drop – field goal
- Touch – down / touché – touchdown
- Plaquer – to tackle
- Les positions de joueurs – player positions
- Secondeur – linebacker
- Quart-arrière – quarterback
- Demi à l’attaque – running back
- Joueur de ligne – lineman
Want more sports terms in French?
Check out our related post: Playing Sports in French? 100 words your child should know – Part 1.