French Cognates Flashcards

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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with B?

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banquet
bikini
bonus
bouquet
bus
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with A?

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absence
absorption
accent
accident
accusation
action
addition
admiration
adolescent
agriculture
air
alphabet
angle
animal
applicable
attention
avenue
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with C?

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cage
campus
capture
caramel
cause
central
certain
champion
chaos
cigarette
clarification
classification
cognition
collection
commercial
communication
complication
compliment
compression
concentration
concept
conclusion
condition
confession
confrontation
conscience
continent
contribution
convergence
coordination
correct
costume
couple
crime
crucial
cruel
culture
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with D?

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danger
date
description
destination
destruction
dialogue
diligent
dilution
direct
distinct
divorce
durable
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with E?

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encouragement
endurance
estimation
exact
excuse
expert
export
extravagant
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with F?

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fascination
film
final
force
fruit
futile
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with G?

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grain
gourmet
gratitude
guide

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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with H?

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habitable
hibernation
horizontal
hypocrite

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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with I?

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identifiable
imagination
impatience
improbable
inaccessible
indulgence
innocence
instinct
instruction
intelligent
intuition
irritation
isolation
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with J?

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jazz
jungle
justifiable

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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with K?

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karma

kayak

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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with L?

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laser
latent
limitation
logo
long
lotion
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with M?

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machine
magazine
manipulation
maritime
massage
maximum
mental
message
microphone
miniature
minimum
minute
miracle
monument
moral
multitude
muscle
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with N?

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nation
national
nature
nonchalant
normal
notable
nuance
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with O?

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objection
obsession
ode
omission
opinion
optimal
orientation
original
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with P?

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parachute
pardon
participation
pause
perceptible
perfection
pertinent
pirate
plausible
police
position
possession
public
publication
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with Q?

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qualification
questionnaire
quiet
quota

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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with R?

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radar
radiation
radio
raid
rat
recognition
rectangle
recyclable
regret
religion
respectable
restaurant
royal
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with S?

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sacrifice
saint
sandwich
satisfaction
saturation
sauna
science
script
secret
segment
senior
service
session
signature
silence
simple
simplification
site
situation
sketch
slogan
snob
sociable
social
sofa
solitude
solution
sophistication
source
spinal
spiral
sprint
statue
stimulation
structure
style
sublime
substitution
succession
suffocation
suggestion
suicide
surprise
suspect
syndrome
synopsis
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with T?

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taxi
technique
tension
test
texture
trait
transition
transparent
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with U?

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unique

urgent

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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with V?

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vacant
vague
vain
variation
vertical
vibrant
violence
virus
visa
volume
vote
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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with Y?

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yacht

yoga

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Words that are spelled the same in both English and French are true French cognates or vrais amis. What are some of those words that start with Z?

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zone

zoo