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Bonjour les abonnés ! Today's newsletter has two expressions that may or may not come in handy for your French-themed Valentine's day: one that is sweet and nice, and one, well, not so much. I hope that this dual presentation will balance out any potential offense over my inclusion of the second one. Bonne fête ! Il m'aime un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie, pas du tout If there's any possibility that you are suffering from unrequited love, you might want to learn the expression Il m'aime un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie, pas du tout. See More About: aimer peu beaucoup French terms of endearment French has all kinds of interesting terms of endearment, including a rather odd assortment of barnyard animals. Check out this list of French terms of endearment to use with your loved ones (both romantic and familial).For the most part, these all mean something along the lines of "sweetie," "darling," or "poppet," so I've provided the literal translations as well as a few notes (in parentheses).

You can add the word //petit// (little) in front of most of these: //mon petit chou//, //ma petite chatte//, etc. You can add //en sucre// (made of sugar) to the end of some: //mon trésor en sucre//, //mon cœur en sucre//, etc.
 * French terms of endearment**
 * mon [|amour]** my love
 * mon [|ange]** my angel
 * mon [|bébé]** my baby
 * ma [|belle]** my beautiful (informal)
 * ma [|biche]** my doe
 * ma [|bichette]** my little doe
 * mon [|canard]** my duck
 * mon [|chaton]** my kitten
 * ma [|chatte]** my cat (familiar)
 * mon [|cher]**, **ma chère** my dear
 * mon c[|héri]**, **ma chérie** my dearie
 * mon [|chou]** my cabbage, my pastry (informal)
 * mon [|chouchou]** my favorite, blue-eyed boy/girl, pet* (informal)
 * mon [|cochon]** my pig
 * mon [|coco]** my egg
 * ma [|cocotte]** my hen (informal)
 * mon [|cœur]** my heart
 * ma [|crotte]** my dropping (also refers to a small, round goat cheese)
 * ma [|fifille]** my little girl (informal, old-fashioned)
 * mon [|grand]** / **ma grande** my big guy / girl
 * mon [|lapin]** my rabbit
 * mon [|loup]** my wolf
 * ma [|mie]** literally "my female friend," but used to mean "my dear/love." (This is a somewhat old-fashioned term contracted from //mon amie > m'amie > ma mie//. Note that //mie// also refers to the soft part of bread - the opposite of the crust.)
 * mon [|mignon]** my cutie
 * mon [|mimi]** my pussycat (informal)
 * mon [|minet]** / **ma minette** my pussycat
 * mon [|minou]** my kitty
 * ma [|moitié]** my half
 * mon [|petit]** / **ma petite** my little guy / girl
 * ma [|poule]** my hen
 * mon [|poulet]** my chicken
 * ma [|poulette]** my pullet (informal)
 * ma [|poupée]** my doll
 * mon [|poussin]** my chick (informal)
 * ma [|puce]** my flea (informal)
 * mon [|sucre d'orge]** my barley sugar
 * mon [|trésor]** my treasure
 * mon [|trognon]** my (fruit) core (when talking to a child)
 * //Modifiers//**

Note that the [|possessive adjectives] //mon// and //ma// (my) have to agree with the gender of the term of endearment - not your own gender nor necessarily that of the person you're talking to/about. Generally speaking, masculine terms of endearment can be used for men and women, while feminine terms of endearment can only be used for women.