How to Say it Sweet en Français

** mark the ones I use & like

You can always add ‘petit‘ to make it even cuter !

Hommes et Femmes (Men + Women)

• Mon amour** – my love
• Mon coeur** – my heart
• Mon lapin** – my rabbit
• Mon canard** – my duck  [CAREFUL  F*!ker = connard. & I HAVE slipped up and offended my boyfriend]
• Mon chou** – my bun (Un chou à la crème is a cream puff. The chou is the pastry part) (Un chou is also a cabbage. It’s more a descriptor of a shape. A little lump)
  • Mon petit chou** – My little bun
  • Mon chouchou – just even cuter
• Mon trésor** – my treasure
• Ma biche – my doe (a deer, a female deer)
• Mon poussin – my chick (baby chicken)
• Mon ange – my angel
• Doudou –no literal translation– darling [I hate this one. It sounds like poop. poopy. doo doo]

Hommes – Men

• Mon chéri** – my darling
• Petit Ami** – literally Boyfriend (This is more of a title I like to use.)
• Homme de ma vie** – Man of my life – for SERIOUS relationships in serious moments
• Mon beau** – handsome
• Mon loup** – my wolf
• Mon choupinet –  comes from mon chou
• Mon gros – my fat one
• Mon ours – my bear
• Mon nounours – my teddy bear
• Minou – kitty
• Roudoudou – no translation although it is the name of a hard caramel candy…

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Femmes – Women

• Ma belle** – beautiful (My boyfriend calls me, ma belle Annie)
• Petite Amie**- literally Girlfriend (He never calls me this as a nickname, but a good word to know)
• Femme de ma vie – Woman of my life – for SERIOUS relationships in serious moments
• Ma beauté** – my beauty
• Ma chérie** – my darling
• Ma caille – my quail
• Ma cocotte – my hen
• Ma colombe – my dove
• Minette – kitty
• Ma poule, ma poulette – my hen

As an American, using these can be a little extra… but it’s fun for me.

Bisous, Anne