Apparence physique: Physical appearance

French Vocabulary Appearance

French vocabulary to speak about somebody’s appearance, how someone looks and how she / he is dressed.

English	French	Example	Translation / Help	Prononciation
look	style, look	Marie a encore changé de look.	Marie has changed her look again.
appearance	apparence	Pour beaucoup de gens, l’apparence est primordiale.	For many people, appearance is paramount.
casual	décontracté	Il a un style décontracté.	He has a casual style.
smart / elegant	élégent	Quelle que soit l’occasion, elle est toujours élégante.	Whatever the occasion, she is always elegant. “soit” is subjunctive of the verb “être” (to be). “Quelle que soit …” is a French fixd expression.
out of fashion	démodé	Elle porte un vieux manteau démodé.	She is wearing an old-fashioned old coat.
fashionable / trendy	à la mode	Ce que tu portes est très à la mode.	What you wear is very fashionable.
to look tired	avoir l’air fatigué	Tu as l’air très fatigué. T’as pas dormi ?	You look tired. You didn’t sleep ?
to look sad	avoir l’air triste	Elle a l’air triste.	She looks sad.
to look like ….	ressembler à	Il ressemble à Jean Reno.	He looks like Jean Reno.
figure	silhouette	Elle a une jolie silhouette.	She has a nice figure.