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Chapter30

False Cognates (les faux amis)

French words which look like English words and have the same meaning are called cognates (mots apparentes).

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words which look like English words but have a different meaning are called false cognates (faux amis). Following is a list

of the most common of these 'false friends.' The two columns on the left indicate the false cognates and their meaning in

English, the columns on the right show the similar English words and their equivalents in French.

French English English French

achever to complete to achieve accomplir unacompte a deposit (on a purchase) an account (bank) un compte en banque actuel current, present actual reel, veritable actuellement presently actually en fait, effectivement un agenda a planner, a notebook the agenda le programme, l'ordre du jour

Jes affaires (f.)

2 the business, things, belongings a (love) affair une liaison un affluent a tributary affluent (adj.) riche, aise Jes appointements (m.pl.) the salary the appointment Je rendez-vous assister a to attend to assist aider assumer to take on (responsibility) to assume supposer, presumer audience (f.) the hearing (jur.), meeting the audience le public, les spectateurs attendre 3 to wait to attend assister a (a specific event), aller a (a school or university) avertir to warn, inform to avert eviter un avertissement a warning the advertisement Ia publicite, Ia reclame un avis 4 an opinion the advice Je conseil Je bachelier the high school graduate the bachelor Je celibataire le bail the lease the bail Ia caution

Ia bande

5 the gang, strip the band (musical) J'orchestre (m.) un billion a trillion a billion un milliard blesser to hurt, injure to bless benir

1. For example: gouvemement, quantite, democratie, education, psychologie, nation, etc.

2. Je vais ranger mes atTaires. (/am going to tidy up my things.); mes affalres personnelles (my personal belongings)

3. Note that attendre can also mean to expect: Elle attend un hebe. (She is expecting a baby.)

4. a mon avis (in my opinion), changer d'avis (to change one's mind)

S.la bande dessinee (the comic strip)

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Ia blouse

lebox 1

Ia boxe

Ia bride

lebut cabinet

Ia camera

car

Ie car

le caractere 2

Ia casquette

Ia casserole

Ia caution

Ia cave

Ia chair

Ia chance

3 le chandelier le change

Ia citation

le coin

Ie college

le comedien

Ia comedienne

le commencement

Ia commode

(etre) concerne le conducteur

Ia confidence

English

the smock, (doctor's white) coat the (lock-up) garage, stall boxing the bridle, strap the goal small room, doctor's office (motion picture) camera because the (touring) bus the disposition (of a person), the personality the cap the saucepan the bail, the deposit (money) the cellar the flesh the luck the candlestick currency exchange the quotation the corner the middle school the actor the actress the beginning the chest of drawers to be affected (by an issue) the driver the personal secret

I. le box des accuses [the dock Uur.)]

2. avoir bon I mauvais caractere (to have a good I bad disposition)

3. Bonne chance! (Good luck!)

English

the blouse the box the bride but the cabinet the camera the car the character (in a play) the casket the casserole (food) the caution the cave the chair the chance 4 the chandelier the change the citation (police) the coin the college 5 the comedian the commencement (graduation ceremony) the commode (to be) concerned the conductor the confidence When used in the plural, French chances means chance in expressions such as: Elle a de bonnes chances de reussir. (She has a good chance to succeed.) II y a des chances que ... + subj. (There is a chance that ... )

4. by chance= par hasard; There isn't a chance! (No way!) = Pas question!

5. to go to college= aller a l'universite

French

Ie chemisier

Ia boite

Ia mariee

mais le placard l'appareil-photo (m.)

Ia voiture, !'auto (f.)

le personnage le cercueil le ragout cuit au four

Ia prudence

Ia grotte

Ia chaise

l'occasion (f.)

Ie lustre

le changement,

Ia monnaie (small change)

le PV (le proces verbal),

Ia contravention

Ia piece (de monnaie)

l'universite (f.) le comique

Ia remise des diplomes

Ia chaise percee

(etre) inquiet, soucieux le chef-d'orchestre, le receveur (train, bus ... )

Ia confiance

False Cognates

French

confus le corps

Ia course

1 le crayon crier

Ia deception

decevoir definitivement demander

Ia dissertation

le dortoir

Ia dot

le drap dresser 5 un(e) enfant un engagement enregistrer !'entree (f.) une escalope (panee) eventuellement extra (fam.) lafabrique lafaculte fat

Ia figure

filer (fam.) le front gentil

Ia glace

English

embarrassed the body the race the pencil to shout, scream the disappointment to disappoint permanently, for good to ask the term paper, the essay large room with many beds 4 the dowry the sheet to set up (a document), to train a child a commitment to record, to check in (baggage) the entrance, the course preceding the main course a (breaded) veal cutlet possibly extraordinary the factory the ability, the school or college of a university conceited the face to leave (quickly) the forehead nice the mirror, the ice cream

I. faire les courses (to go shopping)

English

I am confused

the corpse the course (academic) the course (of a meal) the crayon to cry the deception to deceive definitely to demand the dissertation the (student) dormitory the dot the drapes the dresser an infant the engagement to register (for a class) the entree the scallops eventually extra (an extra ... ) the fabric the faculty fat the figure 6 to file the front 7 gentle the glass

2. Je suisun coors de et un coors d'histoire. (/am taking a French course and a history course.)

3. Je serai Ia sans faute. (I will definitely be there.)

4. (as in a boarding school or youth hostel)

5. dresser les oreilles (to prick one's ears)

6. to watch one's figure= garder Ia ligne

7. the front row= le premier rang; the front seat (in car)= le siege avant

French

je ne comprends pas, je n'y comprends rien le cadavre le cours 2 le plat le crayon de couleur pleurer

Ia tromperie

tromper sans faute 3 exiger' reclamer le memoire, Ia these 463

Ia residence universitaire

le point les rideaux

Ia commode

un hebe les s'inscrire (a un cours) le plat principal, le plat de resistance les coquilles Saint-Jacques finalement, enfin supplementaire le tissu, I' etoffe (f.) les professeurs gros, grosse le nombre, Ia ligne (body) limer (nails), classer (documents) le devant doux le verre

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le grief the grievance, the grudge the grief Ie chagrin le grade the rank the grade (for school work) Ia note grave serious the grave Ia tombe gros fat, big gross grossier, degueulasse les habits the clothes the habits les habitudes 1 (f.)

Ia hate the haste, the hurry the hate Ia haine

ignorer not to know to ignore 2 ne pas faire attention a un inconvenient the disadvantage inconveniene pas commode les informations (f.) the news (radio, TV) the information Ies renseignements (m.) une injure an insult the injury Ia blessure injurier to insult to injure blesser I' issue (f/ the exit, the outcome the issue Ie probH!me, Ia question introduire to insert to introduce sb to sb presenter qqn a qqn lejournal the newspaper the journal Ia revue lajournee the day the journey Ie voyage large wide large grand, gros

Ia lecture the reading the lecture Ia conference

Ia librairie the bookstore the library Ia bibliotheque Ia limonade the lemon soda the lemonade le citron presse Ia liqueur the sweet alcoholic beverage the liquor I'alcool (m.)

Ia location

6 the rental, the renting the location l'emplacement (m.),

Ia situation

luxurieux lustful luxurious luxueux, luxueuse le machin 7 the thingamajig, the machine Ia machine the what-do-you-call-it Ie magasin the store the magazine Ia revue, Ie magazine marier (qqn) 8 to marry sb (off) to marry se marier (avec), epouser marron brown maroon bordeaux le medecin the doctor medicine Ia medecine (field of study) the medicine le medicament (medication) Ie menu the meal at a fixed price the menu Ia carte merci thank you the mercyquotesdbs_dbs1.pdfusesText_1

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