# What Is France’s Motto? Bread, Croissants or the Eiffel Tower

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120234617978466524
- Source account: [@AlcidedeFrance](https://x.com/AlcidedeFrance)
- Source language: French
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:11
- Published: 2026-11-11
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- Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/fr/quelle-est-la-devise-de-la-france-pain-croissant-ou-tour-eiffel.md

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower) What is France's motto? Bread. Bread. The croissant.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=6) What do you mean, bread? The croissant. Are you kidding, or are you serious?

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=11) No, well… Bread. That's not it? No, that's food.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=17) Well, yes, but in France, we eat a lot of bread.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=21) The Eiffel Tower. Why the Eiffel Tower? Because it's a landmark in Paris.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=27) And yet, it's the Eiffel Tower. And Paris is the capital, too.

[0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=31) Yes, the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower. And you, what would you say it is?

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=36) She said the croissant. The croissant. Yes, no, after the Eiffel Tower, since it's a landmark in Paris and Paris is the capital and all.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=44) What's the monetary currency? Whoa, what's monetary?

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=48) What's monetary? I don't know monetary. Money. Oh, money.

[0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=55) Oh, money. The currency of money, Is that what you asked me for?

[0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=59) The currency. A lot of money. How much money?

[1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=66) Uh, a lot, a lot, a lot. Infinite. Infinite? There, infinite.

[1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/MBAADAK1IYi6/en/what-is-france-s-motto-bread-croissants-or-the-eiffel-tower?t=69) Infinite.