faux amis - s

Question 1

Salaire

Answer 1

salary or just wages or pay in general.

Question 2

sale

Answer 2

• dirty. Saler means to salt.

Question 3

vente or solde

Answer 3

noun, sale

Question 4

scène

Answer 4

stage as well as all senses of scene.

Question 5

scientifique

Answer 5

adjective, scientific, or a noun, scientist.

Question 6

methodique, scientifique

Answer 6

scientific

Question 7

scrutin

Answer 7

ballot, poll, election

Question 8

un examen minutieux/rigoureux, un regard insistant

Answer 8

scrutiny

Question 9

secret

Answer 9

secret, the French word can mean reserved or reticent: Il est secret - He is reserved.

Question 10

sécurité

Answer 10

safety as well as security.

Question 11

une caution or guarantie in addition to la sécurité.

Answer 11

security

Question 12

seize

Answer 12

sixteen

Question 13

saisir

Answer 13

to seize, ] take hold of suddenly and forcibly

Question 14

sensible

Answer 14

sensitive or even nervous, as in pas recommandé aux sensibles - not recommended for people of a nervous disposition.

Question 15

sensé, raisonnable, sage.

Answer 15

sensible

Question 16

sentir

Answer 16

to smell or feel.

Question 17

siège

Answer 17

a seat or chair, although it can also mean a siege.

Question 18

signe

Answer 18

a sign in sign language, a gesture, an omen, a sign of the zodiac, or a symbol. It can also mean a mark or feature, as in signes particuliers - distinguishing marks or features.

Question 19

un panneau or une enseigne, respectively.

Answer 19

st. store sign

Question 20

signer

Answer 20

marker or bookmark.

Question 21

sceau or un cachet. A signet ring = une chevalière

Answer 21

a small seal, esp. one set in a ring, used instead of or with a signature to give authentication to an official document.

Question 22

simple

Answer 22

plain, one-way (as in a street or a plane ticket), or singles (as in tennis).

Question 23

sinistre

Answer 23

true cognate as an adjective, but as a noun it refers to a catastrophe, disaster, or accident.

Question 24

sinistre, funeste, or menaçant.

Answer 24

sinister

Question 25

sinistré

Answer 25

noun - disaster victim and an adjective - disaster-stricken.

Question 26

situation

Answer 26

situation, it can refer to location or position.

Question 27

situation or conjoncture.

Answer 27

situation

Question 28

social

Answer 28

n addition to the English sense, it often refers to the world of industrial or labor relations: partenaires sociaux - management and labor.

Question 29

société

Answer 29

society or to a company.

Question 30

la solde

Answer 30

sale, financial balance,

Question 31

le solde

Answer 31

pay

Question 32

sole

Answer 32

fish or hearth, une sole

Question 33

la semelle

Answer 33

sole of a shoe

Question 34

seul or unique.

Answer 34

sole, qua adj

Question 35

sort

Answer 35

one’s lot in life, fate, or a magical spell.

Question 36

une sorte, un genre, une espèce, une marque.

Answer 36

sort

Question 37

classer, trier, or séparer.

Answer 37

to sort

Question 38

source

Answer 38

to source, it can refer to a spring (source of water).

Question 39

souvenir

Answer 39

verb “to remember” as well as a noun for memory, recollection, and remembrance, souvenir (noun: keepsake, momento)

Question 40

spécial

Answer 40

special, it can mean strange: Elle est très spéciale - She is very peculiar.

Question 41

spectacle

Answer 41

any sort of exhibition: un spectacle de danse - a dance performance or to something that others can watch: le spectacle de la rue - the bustle on the street.

Question 42

sportif

Answer 42

something related to sports: un journal sportif - a sports magazine or someone who is fond of sports: un homme sportif - an athletic man.

Question 43

folâtre, badin.

Answer 43

playful or merry

Question 44

stable

Answer 44

stable, steady, or unmoving.