How to Say ‘Love at first sight’ in French
Coup de foudre
koo duh FOO-druh
[koo duh FOO-druh]
💬 Usage Tip: Literally it's "lightning strike", but it's the everyday French term for love at first sight. It doesn't mean real lightning in this sense.
Phrase Breakdown
Coup
[koo]
blow
A sudden impact or strike.
Il a ressenti le coup.
He felt the blow.
de
[duh]
of
Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.
Un verre de lait.
A glass of milk.
foudre
[FOO-druh]
lightning
Feminine noun for lightning; 'coup de foudre' means love at first sight.
La foudre est tombée sur l'arbre.
Lightning struck the tree.
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