French words for kids · Colors
How to say “yellow” in French
Yellow is the color of the sun, bananas and ducks: three things kids love and point at all the time.
Yellow in French
jaune
Sounds like ≈ ZHOHN
Good to know: Jaune starts with a soft zh sound, like the s in "measure". It's the same for masculine and feminine.
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our French songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
Rouge, bleu, jaune, vert !
Red, blue, yellow, green!
from Des Couleurs Partout (Colors Everywhere)
Rouge, orange, jaune et vert,
Red, orange, yellow and green,
from L'Arc-en-Ciel (The Rainbow)
Un papillon est jaune.
A butterfly is yellow.
from Les Petits Insectes (Little Bugs)
The song that teaches it
“Yellow” is one of the key words in this song. Every line is shown in French with its English meaning.
Also sung in: L'Arc-en-Ciel, Les Petits Insectes, Bonjour, la Nature, Bonjour l'Automne !.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Draw a big sun together and say jaune with every crayon stroke.
- 2At the shops, find yellow fruit: bananas, lemons, yellow peppers.
- 3Play "traffic light": jaune means walk slowly, red means freeze, green means run.
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“Yellow” 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.