100+ Funniest Puns About France

Do you want to hear some funny French puns?

One of the most important contributors to the development of European literature over the course of several centuries was French literature.

Novelists, poets, and essayists have won multiple Nobel Prizes for their ability to convey varying representations of their respective cultures through their writing.  French literary people include puns that create humor, irony, ambiguity, and wryness in their literary pieces.

Puns are considered to be the highest form of literature according to Alfred Hitchcock. During his interview in 1972, Alfred Hitchcock defined pun as a sentence or utterance in which “Two different sets of ideas are expressed, and we are confronted with only one series of words”.

Puns are one example of how people enjoy playing with language- and to successfully pull off the clever wordplay required in puns, one must have a certain level of language expertise.

But what really makes the French or non-French laugh?

There is nothing more universal than the sense of humor. France jokes are popular all over the world which are also used as common source of humor in jokes and comedy shows. It is also used to achieve a rhetorical or humorous effect in a piece of writing or just in a normal conversation.

However, to be able to understand the usage and meaning of puns about France, you have to acquire knowledge about its language and culture.

You’d likely to encounter jokes about France from your friends, and family, or as memes on social media. So, if you’re trying to be funny or looking for an icebreaker at your next party, the following is the list of France puns divided into different categories.

100+ Funniest Puns About France

1. French puns about food

• Enjoy your vacation! Right baguette ya!
• There are so many things to do here that you can’t get Bourdeaux-ed.
• When in France, we only have breakfast of the Champignons.
• The food in France is Brie-ond belief!
• For lifelong French bakers, existence is pain-au-chocolat.
• Wine not?
• France, I hope our paths croissant again.
• Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.
• You better baguette about it!
• Why do the French eat snails? Because they don’t like fast food.
• Nobody is a failure in France because everyone has a breakfast of champignons.
• “I just want to eat French pastries and baked goods for the rest of my life”, declaired the American tourist after he tried a chocolate pastry for the first time.
• I’m really scared to enter a French bakery. There is so much pain.
• My grandmother knows a lot about cheese and other dairy goods. I guess she must have just learned fromage.
• You should never order more than 10 eggs at a French patisserie. Two eggs are more than en-oeuf for anyone.
• I can never remember how to say strawberry in French. Fortunately, I know a good fraise.
•  I recently heard about an explosion at a cheese factory in France. The police had to get through a lot of de-brie to find the remains.
• I love various international cuisines, but my favorite has to be French
• The food I tasted in Paris was brie-ond anything I’ve ever consomme-d.
• What do frogs eat for lunch in France? Answer: French flies!
• Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.
• The cheese shop in Lyon was destroyed in the earthquake. I know it because all I saw was da-brie.
• Did you know that the first French Fries weren’t cooked in France or America? They were cooked in Greece.
• The food in France is Brie-ond belief!
• When having a French Entrée, one egg is more than en-oeuf.
• I don’t like eating French fish because it’s poissan.
• What do you call your angry French aunt? A crossaunt.
• What do french fries do when they meet? They ketchup.
• What did the baguette say when it was being sliced? Ouch! Le pain!
• I hate to leave, but it’s time for me to escargot.
• Life is pain au chocolat.
• I went to a cafe in Paris and was insulted by the barista. It was a regular French roast.
• Hey, macaroon-a!
• Feeling French onion soup-er in France!
• France is the creme brulee of the crop!
• Our hotel is nice and duck confit.

2. Funny French puns

• What do you call it when a pair of tropical birds do a French dance? A two-toucan can-can!
• I give zero faux when I’m in Paris.
• When I was a kid, my parents would always say, “Excuse my French” after a swear word. I’ll never forget that first day at school when the teacher asked did we know any French.
• French people give me the crepes. Some days I simply can’t beret.
• It’s only a dad joke if it’s from the D’Adjoque region of France. Otherwise, it’s just a bad pun.
• What did the French psychiatrist say to the patient? Le down.
• A German went to France for holiday, and French border staff asks, “Occupation?” German answers, “No, no, no, just visiting.”
• What did one French man say to the other French guy? I don’t know. I don’t speak French.
• What sound does a French ambulance make? Oui oui oui…
• I was surprised when I heard about the flooding in Paris. Normally, the water is l’eau.
• The only way I can remember some French words is by creating a funny fraise.
• I can’t beret the fact that I am leaving France.
• I can never fouquet my first trip to France.
• Why did the French plant trees along Paris’s streets? So that the Germans could march under the shade.
• A wealthy Frenchman was showing off his yachts. This is un, this is deux, this is trois, this is quatre, this is six… What happened to five? his wife asked. Cinq, he answered.
• In France when you go to a doctor with issues with your legs, you’ll say you have pain in your legs.
• The commonest things you’ll see in dumpsters in France are French flies.
• What do the French people call a really bad Thursday? A trajeudi.
• What do you call a chicken that likes to chill in the swimming pool in French? Swimming poule.
• How do you sink an American battleship? Have the French build it.

3. French puns about Paris

• You should only consider going to Paris if you have a French coat.
• I was walking to my morning gym class when I noticed a bunch of French men hauling cargo boxes onto a truck. When I asked them what it was, they said, “It’s escargot”.
• I really want to jump into a French river at least once in my life. My friends think that I’m in Seine.
• A man was greeted by God at heaven’s gates. When God asked him where he wanted to spend the rest of his days, he replied, “I want to spend it in France. That’s my Paris-dise”.
• It is important to carry a warm garment to the Versailles Palace. It tends to be very gold.
• I rue the day Eifel on a man selling croissants on a Parisian Street.
• There is so much to love about Nice. I’m not sure if I crave going back to Paris. I Pompidou.
• I was trying to remember the name of a famous restaurant in Paris. “Holy crepe! I think I Fouquet it”, I exclaimed.
• One of my lifelong goals on my bucket list is to go on a boat trip in Paris. Just the other day I saw a coupon for a discount on a solo flight ticket to the city of love. I’m taking it as a Seine.
• A couple was trying to road trip across several cities in France, including Paris. They would have been successful if they had the Monet for Degas.
•  As an architect, one of my life’s biggest accomplishments is creating the layout of many modern buildings in Paris. I feel very Triomphe-ant about the feat.
•  My French friends were trying to outwit each other by creating one lie after another. I had to deal with not just one, but Toulieries.
• A croissant died when an aspirin hit him with a baguette. The police branded the assailant as the ‘pain killer’.
• French spiders love to consume French flies.
• Two ministers got into a hot debate over coffee in a Parisian restaurant. You’ve most probably heard about it; it was covered by the French press.
• A water bottle and a tea cup were obsessed with their new apartment. They were all louvre it.
• I screamed when I noticed my brother Lyon on my new dress from Paris.
• When I asked my French friend if he liked his raisin pudding, he told me that he couldn’t find a raison not to like it.
• The bell loved to go to the city of Paris. Many people told her that she was extremely beautiful.
• My brother couldn’t stop eating heart-shaped macarons. Whenever I asked him what he wanted, he said, “I want amour macarons”.
• My sister was having a great time in Paris but she missed her husband. She told me, “I would love to come back to my homme”.
• A Parisian cat’s favorite social media platform is Snapchat.
• I noticed that when my friend came back from her tour of Paris and other French cities, she was a Lille tired.
• My friend, a theatre actor, was really excited about his upcoming trip to Paris. “I can’t wait to get there. I feel like I’m in a Henri!”, he exclaimed.
• This is the Paris-dise I’ve been longing for.
• Where does a French cat live? In Purr-is.
• How many soldiers does it take to defend Paris? No one knows, it’s never been tried.
• What do you call The Hunger Games in Paris? Battle Royale with cheese.
• How did the Paris police find Quasimodo? They followed a hunch.
• Don’t forget your jacket for Versailles since it’s very gold there!
• Paris is a oui bit different from the US.
• I went for a ride on the Paris wheel.
• We tried to avoid the Eiffel tower because we were afraid it would suck our blood. After all, it is a Paris site.
• Paris-sites, that’s all you see from the Eiffel Tower.
• A guy jumping from the Eiffel Tower needed to use his Paris-chute.
• What’s the difference between New York and Paris? Paris only lost one tower.

4. Puns about places in France

• When in France, I have Nantes-thing to complain about.
• I read Reims of info before traveling to France, but nothing prepared me for the magnificent vistas this place has.
• I don’t care. I’m moving to France! I got nothing Toulouse!
• Can I travel to France this year? Of Corsican!
• When my family went to France, I made sure we avoided the Eiffel tower because I was afraid it would suck our blood. It is a Paris site.
• When my family went to France, I made sure we avoided the Eiffel tower because I was afraid it would suck our blood. It is a Paris site.
• I decided to go to France on a whim. But learned I can only get there on a plane.
• This is the first time I haven’t taken a vacation in France, because of the crisis. Usually, it is due to a lack of money.
• France gave perfumes to countries it dominated in the past. That was classic Colognialism.
• There’s a lot of cities in France, like Paris, Marseilles, or Lyon. But there’s only one Nice city.
• The best way to get around France is to Rodin a train.
• I Musee, the French have great taste in art.
• In France, cats live in the Cat-acombs or in a chat-eau.
• France, I Louvre you.
• Eiffel in love with France at first sight.
• Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a Notre Dame.
• I tried climbing that Tower in Paris but Eiffel.
• I always feel Triomphe-ant in France.
• I am In-Seine-ly in love with France.
• France has In-Seine-ly beautiful sights.
• Eiffel off a tower once while in Paris.
• You must be from France because you’re driving me in-Seine.
• Nothing can Rouen my trip to France.
• I am excited about my French Tours.
• There is so much to see in France that you can never get Bordeaux.
• From up here, I Cannes see the whole French Rivera.
• I am a Lille tired after spending several weeks touring France.
• Honestly, it’s Saint Germain to the discussion
• From up here, I Cannes see the whole French Riviera.
• I visited the Louvre and I didn’t like it because the Mona Lisa was framed.

5. France puns about people

• This place is so expensive. My best advice? Don’t travel to France without Monet.
• Can I be Candide with you?
• We were in such Henry to get to France.
• The French language is nothing to Lafayette at.
• I’ve had an incredible week in France, but it’s time to Hugo.
• I asked a French girl if she played videogames, and she said, “Wii!”
• An English man, a French man, a Spaniard, and a German go to a club. The guy on stage asks if they can see him. They all answer, “Yes” “Oui” “Sí” “Ja.”
• Many French guillotine victims had their heads [Removed]
• What do you call a Frenchman wearing sandals?  Philipe Philope.
• DaVinci and Michelangelo got into an argument, but it ended in a draw.
• Why couldn’t the family go to the Louvre? Because they didn’t have the Monet to get Degas to make the Van Gogh!
• I love a good shindig. Just call me Napoleon Bonapart-y.
• I’m in such a Henri to get to France

6. France puns about love

• My French boyfriend and I started a bakery in Paris. We spent our entire life savings. But it didn’t work out and he left me. Now all I have is pain.
• Eiffel for you because you’re French.
• Eiffel in love with Paris. I just couldn’t help myself.
• Wife: Honey, what are you going to give me for our 25th wedding anniversary?

Husband: A trip to Paris.

Wife: Wow! That’s incredible! And what will you give me for our 50th?

Husband: I’ll pick you back up.

• I had a torrid affair with this guy in Paris. We called it French with benefits.

7. Puns about French history

• How do you Charlemange-age to get through the last few days before vacation?
• Should I bring a costume with me? I love a good dis-Guise.
• French, French Revolution
• This trip is going to be La Belle Epoque.
• Don’t make such a Dreyfus about it.
• I can’t believe you have the de Gaulle to say that to my face.
• French history is nothing to Lafayette at.