Dictionary / Good morning
How to Say "Good morning" in French
Bonjour
/bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/
Literally: Good day
Bon
good
jour
day
Good to know
Bonjour covers everything from early morning to roughly 6pm, after which it becomes bonsoir. It works with both tu and vous, so there is no formal split to learn. Say it once per person per day: a second bonjour to someone you have already greeted is a small running joke, and rebonjour is the standard playful fix.
Correct
Bonjour
What people say wrong
Bon matin
not used in France; Quebec only
The mistake to avoid. English speakers assemble bon matin out of good plus morning. It is grammatical, and it is genuinely used in Quebec, but in France nobody says it. Bonjour already covers the morning, so bon matin lands as a translation rather than a greeting and marks you instantly. There is no separate French word for good morning, which is the thing most learners are actually looking for and not finding.
In context
Bonjour, vous allez bien ?
Good morning, how are you?
Bonjour à tous.
Good morning, everyone.
Il m'a dit bonjour en entrant dans la boulangerie.
He said good morning as he walked into the bakery.