How to Say “Vine” in French

vigne
/viɲ/
The French word for "vine" is vigne.
The term vigne refers to any climbing or trailing plant. You may also use the phrase la plante grimpante to specifically mean "climbing plant".
Meaning: any similar climbing or trailing plant (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

/viɲ/

Did you know?

  • While vigne means 'vine', the French use the phrase vigne vierge to describe the common Virginia Creeper plant, literally calling it the 'virgin vine'.
  • French has a specific term vigneron for a person who grows vines, a title that carries significant cultural prestige and professional identity in rural France.
  • The English word 'vine' and the French word vigne are distant cousins, both tracing back to the same ancient Proto-Indo-European root for 'wine'.

Examples in context

  • Cette vigne grimpe autour des arbres.
    This vine winds around trees.
    This sentence shows how a vigne can wind around trees.
    Tatoeba #578067 by sacredceltic, translation #60890 by Hanga
  • Dans les années à venir, la vigne donnera beaucoup de raisin.
    In the years to come, the vine will give many grapes.
    This sentence describes the grapes that a vigne will produce.
    Tatoeba #5149906 by nbrr, translation #5157708 by strangeanalyst
  • Un jour que le petit rouge-gorge a dormi sur une vigne jusqu'à l'aube, au point du jour, il se retrouva empêtré et étranglé par cette vigne. Il lui dit alors : « Il ne faut jamais faire confiance à la vigne à verjus, qu'elle soit verte ou rabougrie. »
    One day when the little robin slept on a vine until dawn, at daybreak, he found himself entangled and strangled by this vine. It then said to it: "You should never trust the verjuice vine, whether it is green or stunted."
    This sentence uses vigne in a fable to illustrate a warning about trusting certain plants.
    Tatoeba #8793602 by AmarMecheri, translation #10267944 by AmarMecheri
  • La vigne est une plante cultivée pour ses raisins de qualité.
    The vine is a plant cultivated for its quality grapes.
  • Chez nous, nous avons planté plusieurs ceps pour faire notre propre vin.
    At our place, we have planted several vines to make our own wine.
  • Regarde cette plante grimpante qui s'enroule autour du mur, c'est une vigne.
    Look at that climbing plant winding around the wall, it's a vine.

Example conversation

Emma and Gabriel are walking through a botanical garden.

  1. Emma

    Regarde cette belle vigne, Gabriel.
    Look at this beautiful vine, Gabriel.
  2. Gabriel

    Elle est très impressionnante.
    It is very impressive.
  3. Emma

    Est-ce que cette vigne est vieille ?
    Is this vine old?
  4. Gabriel

    Oui, elle semble très ancienne.
    Yes, it seems very old.

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