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French soft drinks vocabulary: bottles, cans and juices
Twenty non-alcoholic drinks in French with pictures: l'eau gazeuse, le jus de pomme, le sirop, la limonade, le diabolo. Order them at a café or a shop.
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In short
Water is l'eau plate (still) or l'eau gazeuse (sparkling); une carafe d'eau is free tap water at a restaurant. Juices are un jus de…, and very French drinks include le sirop à l'eau, la limonade and le diabolo menthe.
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How do you order a cold drink in French?
In restaurants, tap water is free: ask for une carafe d'eau. If you say de l'eau, you may be offered a paid bottle (une bouteille d'eau minérale). Une limonade in France is clear and fizzy, like lemonade in the UK; fresh lemon juice is un citron pressé, served with water and sugar so you mix it yourself.
| French | English |
|---|---|
| Une carafe d'eau, s'il vous plaît. | A jug of tap water, please. |
| Avec des glaçons ? | With ice? |
| Sans glaçons, merci. | No ice, thanks. |
| Une paille, s'il vous plaît. | A straw, please. |