False Cognates Flashcards
Account vs acompte ?
Account = compte rendu, compte de banque
Acompte = deposit, advance, down payment
Affair vs (une bonne) affaire ou affaires ?
Affair = liaison romantique ou sexuelle, de courte ou longue durée entre 2 personnes non mariées
(Une bonne) affaire = a good thing/deal
Affaires = business
Alliance vs alliance?
Alliance = alliance (confédération)
Alliance = Wedding ring, alliance (between country)
Amateur vs amateur?
Amateur = amateur (contraire de vétéran)
Amateur (fr) = fan, lover, enthusiast, amateur
Ancient vs Ancien ?
Ancient = antique
Ancien=old, former
Bureau vs bureau
Bureau = bureau, agence (FBI), commode
Bureau (fr) = desk, office
Circulation vs circulation
Circulation = tirage (d’un journal), circulation sanguine
Circulation (fr) = traffic, circulation (blood)
Congess vs congrès
Congress = congrès (politique)
Congrès = congress (politique), convention, symposium, conference
Date vs date
Date = rendez-vous amoureux, datte, date
Date =date
Derange/deranged vs déranger
Derange = rendre fou
Deranged=fou
Déranger = bother
Effectively vs effectivement
Effectively = efficacement
Effectivement = actually, really, in fact, indeed
Experience vs expérience
Experience = Expérience de vie
Expérience = experiment (scientific)
Inconvenient vs inconvénient
Inconvenient= (adj) inopportun, incommode
Inconvénient = (n) drawback, disadvantage
Issue vs issue
Issue = problème, question, sujet
Issue (fr) = exit, way out
Large vs large
Large = grand, vaste
Large (fr)= wide, broad
Lunatic vs lunatique
Lunatic (n) = fou/folle , cinglé
Lunatic (adj) = fou, dément, cinglé
Lunatique = distracted, to have one’s head in the clouds (QC)
= crazy (France)
Reunion vs Réunion
Reunion = retrouvaille
Réunion = meeting
Novel vs nouvelle
Novel = roman
Nouvelle = news, short story
Occasion vs Occasion
Occasion = événement
Occasion (fr) = opportunity
Pass vs passer
Pass = passer devant qqch, réussir un cours
Passer = take, write or do (a test, but it depends on the type of test), spend (time)
Pleasant vs plaisant
Pleasant= agréable
Plaisant= amusing
Pretend vs prétendre
Pretend = faire semblant
Prétendre = claim, assert
Purchase vs pourchasser
Purchase = acheter
Pourchasser = pursue, hunt down
Realize ou realise vs réaliser
Realize = se rendre compte, prendre conscience de, découvrir
(Sens moins commun)= accomplir, produire, créer
Réaliser = realiser, carry out, accomplish, achieve, finish
Remark ou remark on vs remarquer ou faire remarquer
Remark = faire une remarque
Remark on = faire des remarques à propos de
Remarquer = notice
Faire remarquer = point out