56 practice makes perfect French Vocabulary
Les sports (Sports)
Another way to relax and enjoy free time is to engage in individual or team sports. Th e French
have many favorite sports such as soccer, rugby, tennis, and bicycling.Les sports individuels et d’équipe (Individual and team sports)
You will notice that many sports are English words adopted by the French.l’aérobie (f.) aerobics
le basket-ball, le basket basketball
le football, le foot soccer
le football américain football
le footing running
la gymnastique gymnastics
le handball handball
le hockey hockey
le jogging jogging
la marche walking
la musculation weight lift ing
le patin à roulettes roller skate
le patin à roulettes alignées, roller Rollerblade, in-line skate
le rugby rugby
le skateboard skateboard
le volley-ball, le volley volleyballLes sports d’air et de terre (Air and land sports)
New types of sports endeavors like bungee jumping appear on the scene all the time. Th ese add
to a wide variety of already existing activities.l’aviation (f.) aviation
l’autocross (m.) automobile racing
le bowling bowling (indoor)
le cyclisme biking
l’équitation (f.) horseback riding
l’escalade (f.), l’alpinisme (m.) mountain climbing
le golf golf
le judo judo
le karate karate
la pétanque bowling (outdoor)
le rallye rally, car racing
la randonnée à cheval/à pied/en vélo outing on horse/on foot/on bike
le saut à l’élastique bungee jumping
le tennis tennis
le vol libre skydivingLa pétanque est un jeu de boules. Pétanque is a bowling game.
Il a la ceinture noire en judo. He has a black belt in judo.
Tiger Woods est un champion de golf. Tiger Woods is a golf champion.
Il ne faut pas avoir le vertige en vol libre. You must not get dizzy in skydiving.
Il y a un tournoi de tennis au stade Th ere is a tennis tournament at the Roland
Roland Garos. Garos stadium.