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How do you say Awesome in French?

French splits what English packs into one word. Everyday “awesome!” is génial; something that actually inspires awe is impressionnant.

  • Génial !

    zhay-NYAL

    The everyday “awesome / brilliant”.

  • Super !

    sew-PEHR

    Milder and extremely common — “great”.

  • Trop bien !

    troh BYEN

    Casual: “so good”, popular with younger speakers.

  • Incroyable !

    an-krwah-YAH-bluh

    “Incredible” — for something hard to believe.

  • Impressionnant

    am-preh-syoh-NAHN

    Awe-inspiring: a view, a feat, a building.

10 translations in French

  • Awesome = Génial.

    Human translation Ribbun

  • Yeah, awesome in French is impressionnant(e) if you mean impressive or if you mean fearsome, it is effrayant(e). Also, if you want to say to look awesome, it is ....avoir l'air super. Ex. Emilie avait l'air super toujours les temps! ou Emilie a l'air super. Hope this helps.

    Human translation Nathan Reeve

  • ça déchire !

    Human translation mecano

  • C'est chouette! (chouette is french word literally meaning owl, but french use as meaning awesome in this sense)

    Human translation Alexander

  • I may not be sufficiently "au courant" to give an accurate translation of awesome, but I can say that: "impressionant" is accurate, traditional French for "impressive" with no sense of youthful enthusiasm. "chouette" is somewhat dated, and, while positive, it is has no sense of the superlative. It is closer to "cool." "génial" is still commonly used, but it is even more dated than "cool." I would translate it as "neat." The first reply took a few lines to get to it (and followed it with some serious language mistakes), but I think the best translation of the American slang term, "awesome," is the French word (and French pronunciation), "super." [American] awesome = [French] super

    Human translation Briar Anona

  • C'était terrible! C'est canon! C'est géniale!

    Human translation The Biglad

  • Formidable?

    Human translation Narjas Carrington-Windo

  • You can say as well Awesome ="topissimne"ou "trop top" for saying it s really beyond great,or so cool

    Human translation Brecc A

  • I mean topissime not topissimne sorry about the spelling

    Human translation Brecc A

  • Google Translate said awesome in French is impressionnant. I think you're right. For example:"Quelles sont les destinations awesome 3 en Afrique ?"

    Human translation Edwin C

Use it in a sentence

  • That’s awesome!C’est génial !
  • You’re awesome! (to a woman)Tu es géniale !
  • The view was awesome.La vue était impressionnante.
  • Awesome, thanks!Super, merci !

Good to know

Adjectives agree with what they describe: génial, géniale, géniaux, géniales. Super never changes.

As an exclamation on its own, génial and super need no verb.

Very informal speech also has c’est ouf (“that’s crazy”), which is fou with the sounds reversed — slang, and best left to friends.

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