English to French Translation
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All 198 language pairsAbout English and French
English is a Germanic language (Indo-European family), spoken in countries around the world; in India it is used alongside Hindi for the official work of the Union government, in courts and in higher education. It is written in the Latin alphabet: an alphabet in which vowels and consonants are separate letters.
French (Français) is a Romance language that grew out of Latin, spoken in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada (Quebec), and much of West and Central Africa. It is written in the Latin alphabet: an alphabet in which vowels and consonants are separate letters.
How English and French compare
- English and French are both written in the Latin alphabet, so names and shared words look the same in the French translation.
- English and French are distant relatives in the Indo-European family (the Germanic and Romance branches), but most everyday words are different.
- Both usually put words in the order subject–verb–object, which keeps sentences close in shape.
| English | French | |
|---|---|---|
| Script | Latin alphabet | Latin alphabet |
| Letters | A B C D E F G H | é è ê à ç ô |
| Hello | Hello | Bonjour |
| Thank you | Thank you | Merci |
| Written | Left to right | Left to right |
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