• 14 words
  • Checked October 2026

School Materials Labeled in French

Fourteen things inside a school classroom, each labeled in French with its article.

School Materials Labeled in French

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Write the name of each numbered word.Answer key

  1. le tableau
  2. le bureau
  3. la chaise
  4. l'horloge
  5. la porte
  6. la fenêtre
  7. l'étagère
  8. la poubelle
  9. le livre
  10. le crayon
  11. la règle
  12. les ciseaux
  13. la gomme
  14. le sac à dos

The site's own drawing of 2026-10-02, first made for the English classroom page and used here unchanged. Licence: own work.

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The room 8

  1. le tableau board Board. A blackboard is le tableau noir.
  2. le bureau desk Desk. A pupil's desk is le pupitre.
  3. la chaise chair Chair: a seat with a back and no arms.
  4. l'horloge clock Clock. Feminine: une horloge. A small one is la pendule.
  5. la porte door Door. The same word means a gate.
  6. la fenêtre window Window. Written with a circumflex: ê.
  7. l'étagère bookshelf Bookshelf. Feminine: une étagère. A bookcase is la bibliothèque.
  8. la poubelle trash can Trash can. A wastepaper basket is la corbeille à papier.

School things 6

  1. le livre book Book. La livre, feminine, is a pound.
  2. le crayon pencil Pencil. Also le crayon à papier.
  3. la règle ruler Ruler. La règle also means a rule.
  4. les ciseaux scissors Scissors. Masculine and plural. Un ciseau is a chisel.
  5. la gomme eraser Eraser. The same word means gum.
  6. le sac à dos backpack Backpack. A pupil's schoolbag is le cartable.

How this list was compiled: Every label and every other French word named here was read on 2026-10-08 in three dictionaries. First the French-English dictionary of WordReference (https://www.wordreference.com/fren/ followed by the word, and https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/ followed by the English word), which gives the gender and the classroom meaning of tableau, tableau noir, bureau, pupitre, chaise, horloge, pendule, porte, fenêtre, étagère, bibliothèque, poubelle, corbeille à papier, livre, crayon, crayon à papier, règle, ciseaux, gomme, sac à dos, cartable, salle de classe and fournitures scolaires; it notes that the h of horloge is not aspirated, gives ciseau in the singular as a chisel, livre in the feminine as a pound, and crayon gras for the English word crayon. Second Le Robert, Dico en ligne (https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/ followed by the word): the same nouns with their genders; tableau (noir), a panel written on with chalk in a classroom; chaise, a seat with a back and no arms; pendule in the feminine, a small clock; bibliothèque, a piece of furniture for books; ciseaux in the plural, the cutting tool; cartable, a pupil's bag and, in Canada, a ring binder; sac à dos under sac; salle de classe under classe; fournitures scolaires under fourniture. Third Larousse (https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/ followed by the word) for tableau (also called tableau noir), chaise, horloge, étagère, poubelle, gomme, ciseaux, sac à dos and cartable (a bag with a handle or straps for a pupil's books; in Quebec a ring binder). The wording of every line is our own. Licence: own work

The drawing: The site's own drawing of 2026-10-02, first made for the English classroom page and used here unchanged. Own work: plain geometry, no mark or lettering on anything, nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

School materials labeled in French on one drawing of a classroom: the things on the desk, the backpack and the room round them. Each word carries le, la, l' or les, because the article shows its gender.

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Six school things, eight for the room

School things: le livre, le crayon, la règle, les ciseaux, la gomme and le sac à dos. The room: le tableau, le bureau, la chaise, l'horloge, la porte, la fenêtre, l'étagère and la poubelle.

Articles that hide the gender

L'horloge and l'étagère are both feminine: une horloge, une étagère. The h of horloge is silent, so la shortens to l' before it. Les ciseaux is masculine, and plural for one pair of scissors.

Other words that count when typed

Le pupitre and le cartable count, and so do la pendule, a small clock, and la bibliothèque, a bookcase.

  • Le crayon is a pencil. The wax crayon of English is un crayon gras.

Questions and answers

How do you say school supplies in French?

Les fournitures scolaires, a feminine plural. Six of them are on this drawing, from le livre to le sac à dos.

How do you say classroom in French?

La salle de classe, a feminine noun. La classe on its own can mean the room, the lesson or the pupils in it.

Is a schoolbag le cartable or le sac à dos?

Le sac à dos is a backpack, any bag carried on the back. Le cartable is a pupil's schoolbag, with a handle or straps. In Canada le cartable is also a ring binder.

What is the difference between bureau and pupitre?

Le bureau is a desk to work at, such as the teacher's desk on this drawing, and also an office. Le pupitre is a pupil's school desk.

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