False Cognate Flashcards
English : actual
French: réel
English : actually
French: en fait, de fait, en réalité
French: actuellement
English : now, at present, presently
English : cave (in ground)
French: caverne, grotte
English: cave (wine)
French: cave a vin
French: cave (maison)
English: basement, cellar
French : cave (personne)
English: idiot
French : cave (a vin)
English : wine cave, wine cellar
English: comedian
French: humoriste
French: comédiens
English : actor/actress
English : command (noun)
French: maîtrise
English: command (verb)
French: ordonner, forcer
French: commande (nom)
English : order
French: commander
English : to order
English : conductor
French: chef d’orchestre, chef de train, conducteur (électrique)
French: conducteur
English: driver, conductor (electricity)
English: crayon
French: (wax) crayon
English cry
French pleurer
French crier
English scream; yell
English Demand (v)
French Exiger
French demander
English request
English figure
French silhouette ( seulement pour décrire celle de la femme, pour l’homme on utilise physique)
French figure
English face
English fine ( adj)
French raffiné, délicat, beau
English fine (noun)
French Amende
French fin (adj)
English object: thin, pointed
Person: kind, nice
French fin (noun)
English end
English fourniture
French meubles
French fourniture
English supplies
English gentle
French doux
French gentil
English Nice, kind
English history
French histoire (matiere)
French histoire
English history (school subject) story
English Infant
French nouveau ne bebe
French enfant
English child
English library
French bibliothèque
French librairie
English bookstore
English liquor
French alcool spiritueux (hard liquor)
French liqueur
English soft drink, soda pop, pop soda
Mecanic
Mécanicien
Mécanique
Machinery
Library
Bibliothèque
Librairie
Bookstore
Liquor
Alcool =hard liquor
Mechanic
Mécanicien
Mecanique
Machinery
Medicine
Remède, médicaments
Medecin
Doctor
Note
Note de musique, note taken in class
Note
Mark, grade, musical note
Parent
Mère ou pere
Parent
Relative (family members, especially Who do not live with you)
Photograph
Photographie
Photographe
Photographer
Phrase
Expression ; locution; partie de phrase
Phrase
Sentence