How to say a bell 🔔 in French 🇫🇷 Speak better French now! A bell as in a church bell - Une cloche The word cloche comes from the late Latin ‘Clocca’ and is where we get the word clock from 🕰️ The bell tower/clock tower - Le clocher Clocher can also mean to go wrong When you get the feeling that something is wrong/isn’t right you can use the expression - Il y a quelque chose qui cloche Cloche is the bell shape so it’s also used for things shaped like a church bell, like when food is kept unde