How to say “drizzling” in French
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
Il bruine.
🔊 Eel brween
Literally: “It drizzles.”
💡 Simple verb
Il bruine légèrement, ce n'est pas grand chose.
🔊 Eel brween leh-ZHAIR-mahn, suh neh pah grahn shoze
Literally: “It drizzles lightly, it's not much.”
💡 ce n'est pas grand chose = it's nothing much
Il crachin - ce temps breton typique qui te mouille sans qu'on s'en aperçoive.
🔊 Eel kra-SHAN - suh tahn bruh-TON tee-PEEK kee tuh mwee sahn kon sahn ah-pehr-SWAV
Literally: “It's drizzling - that typical Breton weather that wets you without you noticing.”
💡 crachin = drizzle specific to Brittany/northwest France, a cultural weather term
About these French phrases
These French weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing drizzling conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.
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