No. 143: French Terms of Endearment
This one goes out to mon chéri, mon cœur, mon trognon.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Superman.
What’s your favorite term of endearment?
mon amour: my love, mon ange: my angel, mon bébé: my baby
ma belle my beautiful
ma biche: my doe, fawn, ma bichette: my little doe, mon bijou: my jewel
ma caille: my quail, mon canard: my duck
mon chaton; my kitten, ma chatte: my cat, mon cher / ma chère: my dear
mon chéri / ma chérie: my dearie
mon chou: my cream puff (my cabbage), mon petit cochon: my little pig
mon coco: my coco(nut) / rooster, ma cocotte: my hen
mon cœur: my heart, ma douce: my sweet / sweetie
mon doudou: blankie, soft one
mon grand / ma grande: my big guy / girl
mon lapin: my rabbit, ma loutre: my otter, mon loup: my wolf
ma mie: my dear/love (from mon amie, also the soft part of bread)
ma miel: my honey
mon mignon: my cutie, mon minet / mimi / ma minette: my pussycat
ma moitié: my half
mon nounours: my teddybear
mon petit / ma petite: my little guy / girl, ma poule: my hen
mon poulet / ma poulette: my chicken
ma poupée: my doll, mon poussin: my chick
mon précieux, ma précieuse: my precious, ma puce: my flea
mon sucre d’orge: my barley sugar / candy cane
mon trésor: my treasure, mon trognon: my (apple) core
source: Huffington Post
…and some equally amusing terms of endearment en anglais:
Angel, Angel Face, Boo, Baby, Baby Cakes, Babe, Bean, Bug, Bunny, Button
Chicken, Cookie Ears, Crab Cake, Cupcake, Cutie Pie, Dumpling, Darling, Goose
Hookie Poo, Honey, Honey Pie, Honey Bunny, Little Bucket
Little One, Love, Lovey, Love Bug
Mate, Muffin, Noodle, Pumpkin, Pookie, Pumpkin Pie, Peanut, Potato, Pine nut
Sassafras, Sass, Spicy Pepper, Soul Mate, Sweetheart, Sweetness
Sweet Thing, Sweet Pea
Sweetie-pie, Sweets, Sweet Cheeks, Sugar, Sugar Bug, Sugar Plum
Tootsie Pants, Toots, Widget
…and my all-time favorite: Cheese Weasel
365+ Things I Love About France 
Love ’em!
We were obliged to write French love letters for St Valentin in class this week & I amused everyone with my letter to my little grey cabbage/cream puff – i.e. Trevor!
Now that’s sweet…did he love your letter?
Chou-Chou
Reblogged this on The Cosmopolitenne and commented:
In celebration of the worldwide day to honor Love.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Nancy! I have always loved “mon petit chou”. And I didn’t know about many from your list – mon canard and mon poulet are great. And I’ve always wondered – Do the French celebrate Valentine’s Day?
Not so much. Nothing like in the States. It’s not at all a commercialized holiday, which is nice.
love the macaron pic!
Happy Valentine’s Day
do they celebrate in the City of Light and Love like the states?
Valentine’s Day is not a commercial holiday like in the US. I saw a few French men buying flowers. It is a huge day for tourists in Paris–aiming to have the most romantic and memorable VD ever.
Oh my two favorites are not yet on your list : ma puce – my little “flee” and loulou- is this short form of petit loup- small wolf ?? , but meaning darling. My dog is called loulou when meeting people on the street but my french friend uses it for her kids as well.
I have the cutest maman ever
Awwww…that’s so sweet coming from the cutest little Button EVER.
My French husband calls me “ma puce” and “mon coeur” – charming!
oh, “my flea”…fleas must have a better reputation in France than the US?
I suppose 🙂 – there are many terms of endearment in the French language.