How to Say "Beach Party" in French

fête sur la plage

The English phrase "beach party" is translated into French as fête sur la plage.

fête sur la plage is used to describe a social gathering or celebration taking place specifically on the sand at a beach.

Meaning: party on the beach (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of fête (party), sur (on), la (the) and plage (beach).

The term plage is related to the Greek word 'plagios', which refers to something being 'side' or 'slanting'.
The word sur in your phrase means 'on', but it is a homograph of another word sur which means 'sour'.

Il y a une fête sur la plage, ce soir.
There's a beach party tonight.
This sentence is useful for stating that a fête sur la plage is happening tonight.
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À la fête sur la plage, tout le monde parlait du nouveau jeune homme qui venait d'emménager dans le quartier et qui est instantanément devenu le centre de l'attention.
At the beach party, everyone was talking about the new twink who just moved into the neighborhood and instantly became the center of attention.
This sentence provides context for a conversation taking place at a fête sur la plage.
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J'organise une fête de plage pour mon anniversaire.
I'm organizing a beach party for my birthday.
Viens à notre soirée plage demain soir !
Come to our beach party tomorrow night!
On organise une fête sur la plage demain.
We are organizing a beach party tomorrow.

Lucas and Léa are discussing their weekend plans.

Lucas

Tu viens à la fête sur la plage ?
Are you coming to the beach party?
Léa

Oui, j'adore faire la fête sur la plage.
Yes, I love partying on the beach.
Lucas

C'est super, Léa !
That's great, Léa!
Léa

On se voit là-bas alors.
See you there then.

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