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With the summer getting hotter the chance of thunderstorms is ever present so we thought we would put together some vocabulary around the weather, after all it isn't just 'the Brits' who like talking about the weather, the French do too especially in rural areas.

En France, l’été is the height of la saison touristique (the tourist season). The colder months of the year do not attract as many visitors, but the hot months of l’été bring in les touristes (tourists) from all over the world to France. It definitely makes it easier to voyager (travel) when you don’t have to worry about packing les vêtements d’hiver!

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Remembering ces orages quotidiens (these daily thunderstorms) does remind me of holidays in Provence, but also that la foudre et le tonnerre (lightning and thunder) used to be somewhat rare in northern France, now it gets very hot and there is even the occasional averse de grêle (hailstorm), summer thunderstorms are more regular than ever.

This became apparent when I tried to share mon expérience estivale (my summer experience) with mes amis (my friends) in France. They were used to the couple of weeks of la canicule and la fête de la musique, but mes amis loved talking about un orage rolling in every day!

Voici un vocabulaire des orages :

L’été – Summer

Estival – Summer (adj)

Le temps – Weather

La météo – Weather forecast

La chaleur – Heat

Chaud – Hot

L’orage – Storm, thunderstorm

L’ouragan – Hurricane

La saison – Season

Le nuage – Cloud

Nuageux – Cloudy, overcast

La pluie – Rain

Le soleil – Sun

La grêle – Hail

L’averse de grêle – Hailstorm

La foudre – Lightning

Le tonnerre – Thunder

Tonner – To thunder

Le tourisme – Tourism

Le touriste – Tourist

La climatisation – Air conditioning

Le ventilateur – Fan

La brise – Breeze.

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Blog submitted by: Alex at The French Property Network - Cle France.

This blog was originally posted on The French Language Blog pages. 

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