Describing a person in French: Vocabulary and Examples

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Would you like to know how to describe a person in French ? Would you like to explain to French speakers what type of personality you have? Discover in this article vocabulary cards to talk about someone's physical appearance and character traits . I will also explain some useful grammar points to describe someone in French .

P.S.: At the end of the article you will find a list of adjectives to describe a person's character.

Physical description in French: vocabulary and grammar
A person's physique is the external appearance of the person. It is everything related to the eyes, face, hair, etc.

If you want to know more about someone's physical appearance, you would ask the question: "What does he/she look like?" In colloquial language, you can simply say: "What does he/she look like?"

To describe a person in French, we will use adjectives . These adjectives are used to qualify a noun. They agree in gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) with the noun to which they relate.

I would like to point out that this poland whatsapp number data course is a beginner level lesson. If you want to discover more advanced vocabulary to describe people, I invite you to read this article .

In addition to adjectives, we will also use the verbs "être" and "avoir" to make a physical description. For example:


To construct a sentence, you can use the verb "être" or "avoir" . The color adjective is placed after the noun. Here are some examples:

When talking about eyes and hair in French, I used a lot of color adjectives. I would like to recall here some grammar rules concerning them.

First of all, color adjectives are always placed after the noun . We say "blue eyes" and not "blue eyes".

Another important point of this lesson: the agreement of color adjectives.

When they are simple in form , they agree in gender and number: red gloves , green jacket .

Adjectives derived from a noun do not agree. This is the case for brown, hazelnut, orange, turquoise, jade, etc. We would therefore say des chaises marron or des canapés saumon .

Finally, compound color adjectives are invariable: dark blue shirts , a khaki green skirt .

Age, height and build
You can describe someone in French by talking about their age, height or build.

Here are the most important vocabulary words for telling someone's age :

young ;

To indicate your precise height, you will use the verb "measure" and for the weight, the verb "weigh". For example, "I am 1 m 59" and "he weighs 67 kg". In colloquial language, we use "faire" to say both: "I am 1 m 59" and "he weighs 67 kg".