Breakfast – le petit-déjeuner

(Pronounced ptee-deh-zhur-nay)

To remember that Breakfast is pronounced ptee-deh-zhur-nay (petit-déjeuner) in French, use the following mnemonic:

They were having breakfast on the train – but they had a petty argument on the journey (petit-déjeuner).

Breakfast is masculine, so it's le petit-déjeuner. Imagine our early learner ordering breakfast in a café

Examples of petit-déjeuner (breakfast) in a sentence

Le petit-déjeuner est prêt! 

(Breakfast is ready!)

Au petit-déjeuner, je mange une tartine. 

(For breakfast, I eat toast.)

J'aime le café au petit-déjeuner.

(I like coffee at breakfast.)