Il a envie de gâteau. Learn Unstarted Literal Breakdown Recording English French Learn he il Learn has a Learn want; wish envie Learn from de Learn cake gâteau Learn Summary The French translation for “He wants some cake.” is Il a envie de gâteau.. The French, Il a envie de gâteau., can be broken down into 5 parts:"he" (il), "has" (a), "want; wish" (envie), "from" (de) and "cake" (gâteau). Practice Lesson "He wants some cake." Practice (6) Lesson Learn Lesson words cake, from, has, he, want; wish etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases He wants some cake. etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Emotions 2 Part of Speech Courses Nouns 105