There two words in French for sausage!!

At least to make things easy - one is feminine and one is masculine.

And, one is hot and one is cold! But which word in French for sausage is which?

The feminine one is usually hot, fresh and cooked!

la saucisse

Plural: les saucisses

a girl(f) says to her mum (f), "Enough SAUCE, CEASE now! Don't drown the darn sausage!" as she squirts ketchup all over the sausages.

la saucisse blanche = white sausage - very common, sometimes with added ingredients like potatoes, cheese, herbs (e.g. basil).
la (saucisse) merguez = spicy sausage.
la saucisse de Francfort = frankfurter sausage / hot dog sausage.
la saucisse de Strasbourg = knackwurst, like a red-skinned hot dog.

A typical meal from the Alsace region of north-east France is choucroute which is pickled cabbage (sauerkraut) and served with saucisse.

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The masculine word in French for sausage refers to air-dried, cured, smoked, salami-type sausage, usually sliced and eaten cold.

le saucisson

Plural: les saucissons

a sorceror (m) pours SAUCES ON his salami-type sausage...

french-for-salami-type sausage-is-le-saucisson

These are usually bought in la charcuterie (delicatessen-type butcher). They come in a variety of sizes, shapes and flavours, usually pork and/or beef, but and also include ones like pressed ham sausage. You often see them on a cold meat platter, served with bread, salad and cheeses.

le sauscisson sec = dry salami-type.
le saucisson à l’ail = garlic sausage.

A famous saucisson in France is the "Bâton de Berger" from Justin de Bridou.

Other sausages:

le boudin (m) = blood sausage.

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These pictures and Memory Triggers are taken from our Learn French - 200 Words a Day! software programme available on Windows CD.

How do you say sausage in French, and lock it into your memory?

To remember vocabulary and phrases - like that the word in French for sausage can be either la saucisse or le saucisson - use Memory Triggers.

Learning without Memory Triggers is often labour lost!

If you should ask, "How do I say sausage in French?"
You should then ask, "...and how do I remember that?!"

To remember that the word for sausage in French is la saucisse or le saucisson just think of the picture! You can also use famous people where appropriate, with similiar sounding names, making recall easier.

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Gender Triggers

With all our lessons we teach you to remember the gender with the word, because this is very important in French language. In French all nouns are either masculine or feminine. And it is not always easy to remember which. Hence we add a GENDER TRIGGER.

Masculine nouns feature a male main character, and the voice recordings on these courses on their CD's is read by a male native French speaker. (Masculine nouns start with le, which means 'the'.

Feminine nouns feature a female main character and the voice recordings on these courses on their CD's is read by a female native French speaker. Feminine nouns start with la, which also means 'the'.

When trying to remember whether a word is masculine or feminine, the answer lies in the picture. To learn more about learning and remembering the gender of French nouns check out this link.