Essential French Phrases: Taking Your Pet To The Vet

 

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Essential French Phrases: Taking Your Pet To The Vet

Essential French words and phrases when taking your pet to the vet – ‘chez le vétérinaire’ – in France.

French Phrases for Dog/Pet Owners

My dog/cat is sick Mon chien/chat est malade

My dog/cat needs its vaccinations Mon chien/chat a besoin de ses vaccinations

He is due his vaccinations against rabies Il a besoin de sa vaccination contre la rage

She has has a sore ear Elle a mal à l’oreille

He has been vomiting Il a vomit

She keeps scratching her face Elle n’arrete pas de se grater le visage

He has eczema Il a de l’eczema

She has got a stomach ache Elle a mal au ventre

He has got diarrhoea Il a la diarrhée

She is having difficulty breathing Elle a du mal à respirer

She has fleas Elle a des puces

He has ticks Il a des tiques

She has an allergy to… est allergique a…

Couper les griffes clipping claws

Soins dentaires du chat et du chien Dental health of your dog or cat

How much will it cost? Comment ca va couter?

French Phrases: What the Vet Might Say

What is the matter? Quel est le problem?

Your cat has the flu Votre chat a la grippe

Je dois faire une prise de sang et demander un bilan sanguin I need to take a blood sample to run a blood test

Un bilan pre-anésthesique A pre-anaesthetic blood test

Un bilan urologique A urine analysis

Voici les resultats du bilan pre-anésthesique Here are the pre-anaesthetic blood results

Quel age a votre chien? How old is your dog

Garder votre animal en bonne santé Keep your pet in good health

Administrez à votre chien ce médicament Give your dog this medication

He must take one three times a day Il doit prendre un cachet trois fois par jour.

PPut to sleep Faire piquer / endormir

Essential French Vocabulary: Pets

Puppy un chiot

Kitten un chaton

Spay or female dog sterilization une hystéro-ovariectomie / stérilisation d’une chienne

Veterinary Surgeon le chirurgien vétérinaire

Nurse l’infirmière

Pain la douleur

Rash des démangeaisons

Sunstroke un coup de soleil

Swelling des œdèmes

Earache/ear abcess une otite

Bronchitis une bronchite

Hay fever le rhume des foins

Diabetes le diabète

Bladder infection une infection urinaire, une cystite

Sprain une enflé

To bleed saigner

Swollen enflé

Medication un médicament

Injection une piqûre

Diagnosis un diagnostic

X-ray une radio

Ultrasound/sonogram une échographie

At the Vets: Parts of the Body

Head la tête

Face le visage

Eye l’œil

Eyes les yeux

Nose le nez

Ear l’oreille

Mouth la bouche

Muzzle le museau

Neck le cou

Shoulder l’épaule

Elbow le coude

Chest la poitrine

Stomach le ventre

Back le dos

Hip la hanche

Leg la jambe

Paw la patte

Claws les griffes

Thigh la cuisse

Knee le genou

Foot le pied

Toes les doigts de pied

Bone l’os

Skin la peau

Fur le poil

Other Pets

Hamster Hamster

Bird Oiseau

Guinea Pig Cochon d’Inde

Rabbit Lapin

Horse Cheval

Tortoise Tortue

Rat Rat

With thanks to Arielle Griffiths BVSc MRCVS

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