Question

email inviting a friend for a pique nique

Answer 1

This week, we’ve got ‘pique-nique’ as our mot de la semaine (one of my favourite activities to do in summer, or whenever the weather’s nice enough!) ‘pique-nique’ is made up of two words: ‘piquer’, or ‘picorer’ and ‘nique’. 

‘Picorer’ can be translated into English as ‘to nibble’, whilst ‘nique’ was used to describe something that was small and unimportant. 
“Il fait très beau – et si on allait faire un pique-nique cet après-midi ?”
faire un pique-nique = To have a picnic. 

Un panier pique-nique = Picnic basket/picnic hamper. 

Déjeuner = To have lunch. 

Prendre un goûter = To have a snack. 

Se détendre = To relax. 

Décompresser = To unwind/relax. 

Se relaxer = To relax (informal).