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FRN Faux Amis
A list of important false cognates
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| achever | to finish or complete |
| actuel | at this moment |
| assister | to attend; to assist |
| un bureau | desk; office |
| un collège | middle school |
| confuse | embarrassed |
| correct | appropriate, polite, honest |
| une déception | disappointment |
| un editeur | publisher |
| le football | soccer |
| grand | tall person |
| une lecture | reading |
| une librairie | bookstore |
| un roman | novel, book |
| sale | dirty; soiled |
| sensible | sensitive |
| large | wide |
| marron | brown |
| les parents | parents, relatives in general |
| attendre | to wait for; attend |
| location | rental |
| louer | to rent |
| passer | to pass by |
| passer en examen | to take a test |
| sauvage | wild |
| brutal | savage |
| visiter | to visit (place) |
| l'école maternelle | nursery school / kindergarten (2-6) |
| l'école primaire | elementary school (grades 1-5) |
| le collège | middle school (grades 6-9) |
| le lycée | high school (grades 10-12) |
| le four | oven |
| un pot | jar |
| un raisin | grape |
| le pain | bread |
| un menu | meal at a fixed price |
| la carte | menu |
| une chemise | shirt (man's) |
| un costume | suit |
| une robe | dress |
| une robe de chambre | robe |
| une veste | jacket, blazer |
| défendre | to forbid |
| l'herbe | grass |
| sable | sand |
| un castor | beaver |
| une source | spring (water) |
| un champ | field |
| un lecteur | reader (m) |
| une lectrice | reader (f) |
| une pièce | theater play |
| les spectacteurs | audience; spectators |
| un comédien | actor |
| une comédienne | actress |
| répéter | to rehearse |
| le frontière | border |
| la monnaie | change, coins |
| ministre | minister of government |
| un éditeur | publicher |
| un rédacteur | editor (m) |
| une rédactrice | editor (f) |
| un journal | newspaper |
| un meeting | political rally |
| a cause de + noun | because of + noun |
| a la longue | eventually |
| actuellement | at the present time |
| au fond | basically |
| fondamentalement | basically |
| avoir de bonnes manières | to be well behaved |
| avoir de mauvaises manières | to have bad manners |
| avoir raison | to be right |
| beaucoup de travail | a lot of work |
| bon | right, correct |
| caractère | personality |
| chemin | road, route |
| contrairement | unlike |
| de moins en moins | less and less |
| décevoir | to disappoint |
| embrasser | to kiss |
| empêcher | to prevent |
| emphase | pomposity |
| en fait | actually |
| envers (a person) | toward |
| epouser | to marry |
| être amoureux de | to be in love with |
| tomber amoureux de | to fall in love with |
| éventuellement | possibly |
| exiger | to demand |
| faire + infinitive | to make + infinitive |
| faire confiance à | to trust |
| faire semblant de/que | to pretend |
| jouer le malade | to pretend to be sick |
| habit | outfit (clothing) |
| avoir mal à comprendre | to have trouble understanding |
| Il a failli mourir. | He almost died. |
| la tromperie | deception |
| la veille | the day before |
| le contraire | opposite |
| le droit de | the right to |
| le lendemain | the day after |
| être mal à l'aise | to be uncomfortable (for a person) |
| manquer | to miss |
| mettre l'accent sur | to emphasize |
| pareil | similar |
| particulièrement | especially |
| place | seat (in a plane,class, etc) or public square |
| plutôt | rather |
| presque | almost |
| pretender | to claim, as in to assert |
| prévenir | to warn |
| procès | courtroom trial |
| raisonable | sensible |
| raisonnablement | sensibly |
| realizer son but | to achieve one's goal |
| rendre + adjective | to make adjective (Elle rend Antoine plus calme) |
| render visite | to visit a person |
| résumer | to summarize |
| se render compte de/que | to realize |
| ses ennuis | his/her troubles |
| tromper | to deceive |
| trouble | anguish |
| un baiser | a kiss |
| vers (a place) | toward |
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