French Vocabulary Related to The Covid-19 Vaccine
Have you noticed that the word vaccine vaccin in French is on everyone’s lips at the moment? With Covid-19 vaccinations picking up in many countries around the world, everybody is eager to speak about this omnipresent topic or has at least a comment to share. If you learn French and would like to take an appointment to get vaccinated or speak about vaccination with your French-speaking friends or with your French tutor, here are some useful French words and expressions to assist you in living through a once in a lifetime coronavirus pandemic.
Vaccination Vocabulary in French With English Translations
Le vaccin contre le Covid : vaccine against Covid 19
La campagne de vaccination : vaccination campaign
Le calendrier de vaccination : vaccination schedule
Etre vacciné: to be vaccinated
Se faire vacciner: to receive the vaccine
Un vaccinodrome : a vaccination centre – a complex where hundreds of people can receive the vaccine at the same time (gymnasium, fire stations etc)
La première dose : first injection
La deuxième dose : second injection
La seringue : syringe
Le flacon : bottle
Le rappel : booster
Les tranches d’âge : age groups (re eligibility to receive the vaccine)
Les populations prioritaires : high priority population
L’immunité : immunity
Le pourcentage d’immunité : immunity rate
L’immunité collective : herd immunity
La durée de l’immunité : immunity duration
L’efficacité du vaccin : vaccine efficiency
L’efficacité sur les variants : efficiency against the strains
La pénurie de vaccins : vaccine shortage
Les anti-vaccins : anti vaxxers
La théorie du complot anti-vaccin : conspiracy surrounding being vaccinated
Les effets secondaires : side effects
La fièvre : fever
Les courbatures : aches
Les maux de tête : headaches
Expressions in French You Can Use While Talking About the Vaccine
While receiving the vaccine ( or before)
J’aimerais prendre un rendez-vous pour le vaccin Covid -19: I would like to make an appointment for the Covid-19 vaccin
Quel vaccin allez-vous me faire? Which vaccine will I receive?
Est-ce que je peux avoir une réaction allergique ? Will I have an allergic reaction?
Quels sont les effets secondaires ? What are the side effects?
Quand aurai-je ma deuxième dose ? When will I have my second dose?
While conversing about the vaccine with your French tutors or with your French friends
Est-ce que tu t’es fait vacciné ? Have you been vaccinated ?
Est-ce que tu as obtenu un rendez-vous pour le vaccin ? did you get an appointment ?
La campagne de vaccination est en retard : vaccination campaign is late
30% de la population a été vaccinée : 30% of the population has been vaccinated
J’ai peur des effets secondaires : I am scared about the side effects
Je ne me ferai pas vacciner : I will never be vaccinated
J’hésite à me faire vacciner : I hesisate to receive the vaccine
Covid-19 vocabulary
Attraper le virus : to catch the virus
Une nouvelle souche : a new strain
Une crise sanitaire : health crisis
Une pandémie : pandemic
Contagieux/contagieuse : contagious
Le délai d’incubation : incubation period
La quarantaine : quarantine
Le confinement : lockdown