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How to Say "Cloudy" in French

3 ways to talk about cloudy weather in French — from tourist-friendly to local fluency.

Tourist Simple survival phrases anyone can say
Il est nuageux.
Eel eh nwah-ZHUH
It is cloudy.
Basic adjective form
Expat Natural conversational sentences
Le ciel est couvert aujourd'hui.
Luh syel eh koo-VAIR oh-zhoor-DWEE
The sky is covered today.
couvert = covered, more natural than nuageux
Local Idioms and expressions that sound native
On a un ciel de plomb aujourd'hui.
On ah uhn syel duh PLOHN oh-zhoor-DWEE
We have a lead sky today.
ciel de plomb = leaden sky, literary but used in speech
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