Translate French to Arabic
Translate French to Arabic in the box below: type French, pick the Arabic your reader speaks, from Moroccan Darija to Standard Arabic, and press Translate. The result comes with full harakat, the Standard Arabic version, a transliteration in Latin letters and a Listen button. Free, no account, nothing stored.
Translations are generated by an AI model and can be wrong; the Standard Arabic line is there so you can compare. Up to 1000 characters at a time.
What you get on this page
- French to Arabic in seven varieties, with Moroccan (Darija), Levantine and Egyptian next to Standard Arabic.
- Vowel marks on every result and the Standard Arabic line under a dialect result, so you can send either.
- Transliteration (3 for ayn, 7 for the hard h) and a Listen button using your device's Arabic voice.
- Up to 1,000 characters; the swap arrow gives you Arabic to French.
Translate French to Arabic: it is a dialect question
Most people who translate French to Arabic are writing to someone from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia or Lebanon, and those readers do not speak Standard Arabic at home. Darija borrows French words freely (tomobile, bisklita) while a Standard Arabic text uses sayyaara and darraaja; choose the dialect first and the result reads like something a person would say.
- Gender agreement goes further in Arabic. French marks gender on nouns and adjectives; Arabic also marks it on the verb and on "you", so tu es fatigué and tu es fatiguée become two different sentences.
- Formal vous. Arabic has no polite plural; أَنْتَ (anta) is used for a man of any rank. Respect is shown with titles and set phrases instead.
- Script and vowels. Arabic runs right to left and leaves short vowels out; the harakat line writes them in.
- Shared words. French took chiffre and zéro (صِفْر, sifr), magasin (مَخَازِن), café and coton from Arabic, and Maghrebi French uses bled, kif-kif and toubib. The borrowed form rarely matches the current Arabic word, so the model translates the meaning.
Example sentences
| English | French | Arabic (MSA) | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hello | Bonjour | مَرْحَبًا | mar7aban |
| How are you? | Comment ça va ? | كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟ | kayfa 7aaluka? (m.) |
| My name is Marie | Je m'appelle Marie | اِسْمِي مَارِي | ismee maaree |
| Thank you very much | Merci beaucoup | شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا | shukran jazeelan |
| I don't understand | Je ne comprends pas | لَا أَفْهَمُ | laa afham |
| Where is the train station? | Où est la gare ? | أَيْنَ مَحَطَّةُ القِطَارِ؟ | ayna ma7attatu l-qitaar? |
| How much is it? | C'est combien ? | بِكَمْ هَذَا؟ | bikam haadhaa? |
| I am tired | Je suis fatigué | أَنَا مُتْعَبٌ | ana mut3ab (m.) |
| I would like a coffee | Je voudrais un café | أُرِيدُ قَهْوَةً | ureedu qahwatan |
| See you soon | À bientôt | إِلَى اللِّقَاءِ | ilaa l-liqaa' |
Tips for better results
Pick Moroccan for Morocco and, as the closest option, for Algeria and Tunisia; Levantine for Lebanon and Syria; Standard Arabic for a letter, a form or a reader you do not know. Say whether you are addressing a man or a woman when the French sentence does not show it, since Arabic needs it. Keep requests short and finish each sentence with a period. French names are transliterated by sound (Jean becomes جَان); confirm them on the name in Arabic page. The English to Moroccan Arabic page lists Darija phrases with harakat, and the reverse direction is Arabic to French. For reading the result in Latin letters, see Arabic transliteration.
Frequently asked questions
Does Google Translate do French to Arabic?
Yes, into Standard Arabic without vowel marks and without a Darija or Levantine option. This page adds the dialect choice, harakat and transliteration; both are machine translation.
Can I translate French into Moroccan Darija?
Yes. Choose Moroccan (Darija) in the dialect menu. The Standard Arabic line appears underneath so you can compare the two.
What is traduction french arabe in this tool?
The same thing: French in, Arabic out. The page is in English, but the text you type can be French and the result is Arabic with vowels and pronunciation.
How do you say French in Arabic?
The language is الفَرَنْسِيَّة (al-faransiyya); "I speak French" is أَتَكَلَّمُ الفَرَنْسِيَّةَ (atakallamu l-faransiyya).
Is the French to Arabic translator free?
Yes, with a daily free limit shared by the whole site. No account, and nothing you type is stored.