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Household objects in French

Last updated July 7, 2026 · 7 min read

40 household objects in French

These are the objects you'd point to walking through a living room, bedroom, or bathroom — no rare or textbook-only vocabulary. The pronunciation column is a simple respelling, not IPA, so you can sound it out on sight.

Phrases you can actually say

A word list is more useful once it's inside a sentence. Here are eight short phrases built entirely from the table above:

1. La porte est fermée. — The door is closed.
2. Où sont mes clés ? — Where are my keys?
3. Je regarde la télévision. — I'm watching TV.
4. Le lit n'est pas fait. — The bed isn't made.
5. Passe-moi la télécommande. — Pass me the remote.
6. Il fait froid, ferme la fenêtre. — It's cold, close the window.
7. J'ai besoin d'une serviette. — I need a towel.
8. Le miroir est cassé. — The mirror is broken.

Catch them instead of memorizing them

A list like this one is a starting point, not a finish line. Vocabulary attached to an object you can actually touch sticks better than vocabulary studied off a page — that's the whole idea behind CatchFrase. Instead of memorizing la télécommande from a table, you open the camera, point it at the remote on your own coffee table, and get the word, its pronunciation, and an example sentence built around the actual object in front of you.

Every catch becomes a card in your collection: the word with its article, a phrase you can say out loud, and audio you can replay as many times as you want. Say it back, and CatchFrase transcribes your voice live, so you know whether le or la actually came out right — not a guess, an answer.

Here's the honest math: the free tier gives you 10 catches a day, so photographing a room's worth of objects — the 40 words above spread across a living room, bedroom, and bathroom — takes about four days of short sessions. Spaced review brings each word back before you'd forget it, so what you caught on day one is still there by day four.

Common questions

Do these words also work for an apartment, not just a house?

Yes — the list covers universal household objects like the bed, the lamp, the remote, and the towel that exist in any home, whether it's a studio apartment or a house with a yard.

How is this different from a beginner French textbook list?

A textbook list is the same for every reader. This is a preview — the real vocabulary comes from photographing your own lamp, your own sofa, your own bathroom, so the words in your collection match the objects in your home.

Is it really free to learn all 40 words?

The free tier includes 10 catches a day, a 75-card collection, and daily review — enough to work through this entire list a room at a time. CatchFrase Plus adds unlimited catches.