How to say “hot” in French
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
Il fait très chaud.
🔊 Eel feh treh shoh
Literally: “It is very hot.”
💡 Simple
Il fait une chaleur étouffante, hydrate-toi bien.
🔊 Eel feh ewn sha-LUR ay-too-FAHNT, ee-drat-twah BYAN
Literally: “It's stifling heat, hydrate well.”
💡 étouffante = stifling; hydrate-toi = hydrate yourself
On cuit ! C'est la canicule, impossible de sortir entre midi et deux.
🔊 On kwee! Seh lah kah-nee-KEWL, am-po-SEE-bluh duh sor-TEER ahn-truh mee-dee ay duh
Literally: “We're cooking! It's a heatwave, impossible to go out between noon and two.”
💡 On cuit = we're cooking; canicule = heatwave (official French term); midi et deux = noon and 2pm, the siesta rule
About these French phrases
These French weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing hot 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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