How to Say "Pacifier" in French

tétine

/te.tin/feminine

In French, the word for pacifier can be expressed as tétine, sucette, tututte or tototte.

Meaning: for a baby (noun)

Ways to say it

All the terms provided refer to a pacifier used for a baby.

While sucette is a common term for a pacifier, it is also the standard French word for a lollipop.

All the forms provided are feminine nouns.

/te.tin/

The words tututte and tototte are regional variations primarily used in Quebec. A speaker from France might find these terms unfamiliar or exclusively childlike.
The word tétine comes from tette, an old word for 'breast'. This highlights the pacifier's historical role as a substitute for breastfeeding.
The term tétine technically refers to the rubber nipple part of a bottle, while the whole pacifier is the sucette. In casual speech, however, people use tétine for both.

Le bébé est dans son berceau, à sucer sa tétine.
The baby is in his crib, sucking on his pacifier.
This sentence shows the use of tétine in the context of a baby in a crib.
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Mon bébé adore sa sucette.
My baby loves his/her pacifier.
La tétine de mon enfant est bleue.
My child's pacifier is blue.
Mon petit ne se sépare jamais de sa tétine.
My little one never parts from his/her pacifier.
Ma nièce ne peut s'endormir sans sa suce.
My niece cannot fall asleep without her pacifier.
Le bébé a perdu sa tétine.
The baby lost his pacifier.
Où est la tétine bleue ?
Where is the blue pacifier?

Léa and Gabriel are looking for items in the nursery.

Léa

Gabriel, tu as vu la tétine de l'enfant ?
Gabriel, have you seen the baby's pacifier?
Gabriel

Non, je ne la vois pas.
No, I don't see it.
Léa

Elle est peut-être sous le lit.
Maybe it is under the bed.
Gabriel

Ah, la voilà enfin !
Ah, there it is at last!

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