Lonely Planet French Phrasebook & Dictionary

Lonely Planet's French Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful French phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order tasty cheeses, talk wine with the locals and seek out hidden villages – all with your trusted travel companion.

Get more from your trip with easy-to-find phrases for every travel situation! Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings. Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder. Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips and never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary. Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology, meet friends with conversation starter phrases, and get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides.

Inside you'll find a full-colour, user-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories, with survival phrases inside the front cover for at-a-glance cues. Convenient features include 5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go, 10 Ways to Start a Sentence, 10 Phrases to Sound like a Local, plus helpful shortcuts and suggested answers to common questions. Coverage spans all the essentials: time, dates, numbers, pronunciation and grammar rules; practical topics like travel with kids, sightseeing, business, accommodation, directions and transport; social situations including meeting people, going out, romance and culture; safe travel for emergencies and medical needs; and comprehensive food vocabulary for ordering, shopping at markets, and understanding menus.

The perfect choice for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture, this pocket-sized comprehensive language guide provides on-the-go language assistance for every kind of traveller.