French False Cognates
Terms
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- le wagon
- car (train)
- la charrett
- wagon
- voyager
- travel
- le voyage
- journey
- la ville
- city, town
- vil (adj.)
- vile
- la veste
- coat
-
le veston
le gilet - vest
- user
- wear out
-
employer
se servir de - use
- travailler
- work
- sympathique
- likble
- compatissant
- sympathetic
- supporter
- to bear, to stand
- soutenir
- to support
- le sort
- destiny
- le genre
- sort
- sensible
- sensitive
- raisonnable
- sensible
- rude
- rough
- impoli
- impolite
- le roman
- novel
- le romain
- Roman
- resumer
- sum up
- reprendre
- to resume
- rester
- to remain
- se reposer
- to rest
- la rente
- pension
- le loyer
- rent
- remarquer
- to notice
- dire
- to remark, to say
- realiser
- to fulfill
- se rendre compte
- to realize
- quitter
- to leave
- cesser
- to quit
- propre (adj)
- clean
- convenable
- proper
- pretendre
- to claim, assert
- feindre, faire semblant
- to pretend
- le plat
- dish
- l'assiette (f)
- plate
- la place
- seat, square (public)
- le lieu
- place
- l'endroit (f)
- place
- la phrase
- sentence
- la locution
- phrase
- la piece
- play (drama), room
- le morceau
- piece
- la peine
- trouble, difficulty
- la douleur
- pain
- le mal
- pain
- passer un examen
- to take an exam
- etre recu, reussir
- to pass an exam
- or (conj.)
- now, well
- ou
- or
- l'office (f)
- pantryr
- le bureau
- office
- l'occasion
- opportunity, bargain
- le moment
- occasion
- la nouvelle
- news, short story
- la monnaie
- change (in coin)
- l'argent (m)
- money
- le magasin
- store, shop
- la revue
- journal
- la location
- renting
- la situation
- location
- la librairie
- book shop
- la bibliotheque
- library
- la lecture
- reading
- la conference
- lecture
- large (adj)
- wide, broad
- grand, gros
- large
- la journee
- day
- le journal
- newspaper
- joli
- pretty
- gia, joyeux
- jolly
- l'injure (f)
- insult
- la blessure
- injury
- ignorer
-
not to know
to be unaware -
ne pas vouloir,
reconnaitre - to ignore
- l'hate (f)
- haste
- l'haine (f)
- hate
- les habits
- clothing
- les habitudes
- habits
- gros
- fat
- grossier
- gross
- la glace
- ice, ice cream
- le verre
- glass
- le front
- brow, forehead
-
le devant
la facade - front
- la franchise
- frankness
- le privilege
- franchise
- la figure
- face
- le chiffre
- figure (number)
- la taille
- figure (shape)
- fat (adj)
- conceited
- eprouver
- to test, to experience
- prouver
- to prove
- dérober
- to steal, to conceal
- demander
- to ask
- déshabiller (se)
- to disrobe
- exiger
- to demand
- crier
- to shout, to cry out
- pleurer
- to cry
- la commodité
- convenience
- le produit
- commodity
- le coin
- corner
- la pièce de monnaie
- coin
- la chance
- good luck
-
l'occasion (f)
l'hasard (m) - chance
- la chair
- flesh
- la chaise
- chair
- la cave
- cellar
- la caverne
- cave
- le but
- purpose, goal
- mais
- but
- blesser
- to wound, to injure
- benir
- to bless
- l'avis (m)
- opinion
- le conseil
- advice
- attendre
- to wait for
- assister à
- to attend
- actuel
- current, present
- aider
- to assist
- achever
- to complete
- accomplir
- to achieve
- réel, véritable
- actual