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How to say “pink” in French
Pink shows up in flowers, pigs, strawberry milk and plenty of favorite toys, and kids are often very keen to name it.
Pink in French
rose
Sounds like ≈ ROHZ
Good to know: Rose is both the color and the flower, just as in English. It doesn't change for feminine nouns.
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our French songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
Rose, rose, rose!
Pink, pink, pink!
from Rouge Comme Une Pomme (Red Like an Apple)
Une abeille est près de la rose.
A bee is by the rose.
from Les fleurs (The Flowers)
The song that teaches it
“Pink” is one of the key words in this song. Every line is shown in French with its English meaning.
Also sung in: Les fleurs.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Mix red and white paint to make rose, and name each color as it goes in.
- 2Find pink in a picture book and point to every pink thing on the page.
- 3Pick a pink toy and take it on a "color walk" to find things that match it.
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“Pink” in other languages
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About the pronunciation: the “sounds like” spellings are rough English approximations for parents (capital letters show the stressed syllable). Frenchhas sounds English doesn't, so treat them as a starting point and let the songs be the model. Songs are original and produced with AI music tools. Ideas for using French songs with your family.