verre
/vɛʁ/
The French phrase for drinking glass is verre.
verre refers to a container made of glass used for drinking liquids. You can specify the type of glass by adding descriptions, such as verre en plastique for a plastic drinking glass or verre à vin en cristal for a crystal wine glass.
Which one should you use?
The word verre is polysemous, meaning it can refer to both the drinking vessel and the material glass itself.
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun verre is masculine. Because of this, you should use the masculine articles un or le, such as in the phrase un verre d'eau (a glass of water).
How do you pronounce it?
/vɛʁ/
Did you know?
- The expression boire un verre literally means 'to drink a glass' but is used idiomatically to mean 'to have a drink' with friends.
- The word verre is a doublet of vitre, meaning both words share the same Latin ancestor vitrum but evolved differently over time.
- The word verre is a homophone for the words vert (the colour 'green') and vers (the preposition 'towards' or the noun 'verse').
Examples in context
- Nous nous sommes servis de gobelets en plastique lors de la réception.We used plastic drinking glasses during the reception.
- Peux-tu remplir mon verre d'eau, s'il te plaît?Can you fill my drinking glass with water, please?
- Je vais prendre un ballon de vin.I'll have a glass of wine.
- J'ai cassé mon verre à boire préféré hier soir.I broke my favorite drinking glass last night.
- Les invités se sont servis de verres pendant le dîner.The guests used drinking glasses during the dinner.
- Je cherche un verre d'eau.I am looking for a glass of water.
- Le verre est sur la table.The glass is on the table.
- Elle a cassé son verre.She broke her glass.
Example conversation
Gabriel and Manon are preparing a table for dinner.
- GabrielManon, peux-tu m'apporter un verre ?Manon, can you bring me a glass?
- ManonOui, je t'apporte un verre tout de suite.Yes, I'll bring you a glass right away.
- GabrielMerci, je veux boire du jus d'orange.Thanks, I want to drink some orange juice.
- ManonTiens, voilà ton verre, Gabriel.Here you go, here is your glass, Gabriel.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry verre, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries verre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
