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====== False friends between French and English ====== {{ :pt:vocabulaire:rock-1771913_1920.png?nolink&500 |}} Here is a list of common false friends between French and English. The list is simplified – some words have more than one meaning, and the words aren’t always perfect synonyms. If you have any doubts, you can check a good dictionary. ^ ENGLISH vs. FRENCH ^^^^ ^ <color #eb0051>English</color> ^ French ^ French ^ <color #eb0051>English</color> ^ | <color #eb0051>actually</color> | **=** | en fait | **≠** | actuellement | **=** | <color #eb0051>at the moment, currently</color> | | <color #eb0051>an advertisement</color> | **=** | une publicité | **≠** | un avertissement | **=** | <color #eb0051>a warning</color> | | <color #eb0051>an agenda</color> | **=** | un programme, un ordre du jour | **≠** | un agenda | **=** | <color #eb0051>diary</color> | | <color #eb0051>to assist</color> | **=** | aider | **≠** | assister à | **=** | <color #eb0051>to attend</color> | | <color #eb0051>to attend</color> | **=** | assister à | **≠** | attendre | **=** | <color #eb0051>to wait</color> | | <color #eb0051>to achieve</color> | **=** | accomplir | **≠** | achever | **=** | <color #eb0051>to finish</color> | | <color #eb0051>agreement</color> | **=** | accord | **≠** | un agrément | **=** | <color #eb0051>authorisation, approval</color> | | <color #eb0051>a cave</color> | **=** | une grotte | **≠** | une cave | **=** | <color #eb0051>a cellar</color> | | <color #eb0051>a chance</color> | **=** | une opportunité | **≠** | la chance | **=** | <color #eb0051>luck</color> | | <color #eb0051>to charge</color> | **=** | faire payer | **≠** | charger | **=** | <color #eb0051>to load</color> | | <color #eb0051>circulation</color> | **=** | circulation, diffusion, tirage | **≠** | circulation des véhicules | **=** | <color #eb0051>traffic</color> | | <color #eb0051>a college</color> | **=** | université (US) | **≠** | un collège | **=** | <color #eb0051>a secondary school</color> | | <color #eb0051>confident</color> | **=** | assuré | **≠** | un confident | **=** | <color #eb0051>a confidant(e)</color> | | <color #eb0051>convenient</color> | **=** | pratique, commode | **≠** | convenir à | **=** | <color #eb0051>be suitable for</color> | | <color #eb0051>to control</color> | **=** | gérer, diriger | **≠** | contrôler | **=** | <color #eb0051>to verify, check</color> | | <color #eb0051>to demand</color> | **=** | exiger | **≠** | demander | **=** | <color #eb0051>to ask (for)</color> | | <color #eb0051>to dispose of</color> | **=** | jeter | **≠** | disposer de | **=** | <color #eb0051>to have available</color> | | <color #eb0051>dramatic</color> | **=** | spectaculaire | **≠** | dramatique | **=** | <color #eb0051>tragic, terrible </color> | | <color #eb0051>to elaborate</color> | **=** | développer | **≠** | élaborer | **=** | <color #eb0051>to devise, produce, create</color> | | <color #eb0051>effectively</color> | **=** | efficacement | **≠** | effectivement | **=** | <color #eb0051>actually, indeed</color> | | <color #eb0051>eventually</color> | **=** | finalement | **≠** | éventuellement | **=** | <color #eb0051>possibly, potentially</color> | | <color #eb0051>expertise</color> | **=** | compétence | **≠** | une expertise | **=** | <color #eb0051>an expert assessment</color> | | <color #eb0051>fabric</color> | **=** | tissu | **≠** | fabrique | **=** | <color #eb0051>factory</color> | | <color #eb0051>figure</color> | **=** | chiffre | **≠** | une figure | **=** | <color #eb0051>a face</color> | | <color #eb0051>furniture</color> | **=** | meubles | **≠** | fournitures | **=** | <color #eb0051>(office) supplies</color> | | <color #eb0051>genial</color> | **=** | aimable, sympathique | **≠** | génial | **=** | <color #eb0051>great, fantastic</color> | | <color #eb0051>gentle</color> | **=** | doux, léger | **≠** | gentil | **=** | <color #eb0051>kind</color> | | <color #eb0051>a hazard</color> | **=** | un danger | **≠** | le hasard | **=** | <color #eb0051>luck, fate</color> | | <color #eb0051>implicated</color> | **=** | accusé, concerné | **≠** | impliqué | **=** | <color #eb0051> involved, invested </color> | | <color #eb0051>important</color> | **=** | nécessaire, influent, principal | **≠** | important – grand, élevé | **=** | <color #eb0051>big, significant, considerable</color> | | <color #eb0051>to introduce</color> | **=** | présenter | **≠** | introduire | **=** | <color #eb0051>to insert</color> | | <color #eb0051>a journal</color> | **=** | une revue | **≠** | un journal | **=** | <color #eb0051>a newspaper</color> | | <color #eb0051>a journey</color> | **=** | un voyage, un trajet | **≠** | une journée | **=** | <color #eb0051>a day</color> | | <color #eb0051>a lecture</color> | **=** | une conférence | **≠** | lecture | **=** | <color #eb0051>reading</color> | | <color #eb0051>a library</color> | **=** | une bibliothèque | **≠** | une librairie | **=** | <color #eb0051>a bookshop</color> | | <color #eb0051>a location</color> | **=** | un endroit | **≠** | la location | **=** | <color #eb0051>rental</color> | | <color #eb0051>a manisfestation</color> | **=** | un signe | **≠** | une manifestion | **=** | <color #eb0051>a demonstration, a protest</color> | | <color #eb0051>medicine</color> | **=** | un médicament | **≠** | un médecin | **=** | <color #eb0051>a doctor</color> | | <color #eb0051>a mess</color> | **=** | désordre | **≠** | une messe | **=** | <color #eb0051>a mass</color> | | <color #eb0051>money</color> | **=** | l'argent | **≠** | la monnaie | **=** | <color #eb0051>change</color> | | <color #eb0051>normally</color> | **=** | d'habitude, en général | **≠** | normalement | **=** | <color #eb0051>if all goes well; ‘should’ + verb</color> | | <color #eb0051>an odour</color> | **=** | senteur désagréable | **≠** | odeur neutre | **=** | <color #eb0051>smell, fragrance</color> | | <color #eb0051>parking</color> | **=** | le stationnement | **≠** | un parking | **=** | <color #eb0051>a car park, a parking lot</color> | | <color #eb0051>perfume</color> | **=** | parfum artificiel | **≠** | parfum e.g. glace, vanille | **=** | <color #eb0051>flavour</color> | | <color #eb0051>pork</color> | **=** | porc (viande) | **≠** | un cochon | **=** | <color #eb0051>a pig</color> | | <color #eb0051>a preservative</color> | **=** | un conservateur | **≠** | un préservatif | **=** | <color #eb0051>a condom</color> | | <color #eb0051>to pretend</color> | **=** | faire semblant | **≠** | prétendre | **=** | <color #eb0051>to claim</color> | | <color #eb0051>to prevent</color> | **=** | empêcher | **≠** | prévenir | **=** | <color #eb0051>to warn</color> | | <color #eb0051>a process</color> | **=** | un processus, un proceed, une procédure | **≠** | un procès | **=** | <color #eb0051>a trial</color> | | <color #eb0051>proper</color> | **=** | correct | **≠** | propre | **=** | <color #eb0051>1. clean 2. own</color> | | <color #eb0051>a prune</color> | **=** | un pruneau | **≠** | une prune | **=** | <color #eb0051>a plum</color> | | <color #eb0051>quid pro quo</color> | **=** | un compromis | **≠** | un quiproquo | **=** | <color #eb0051>a mistake, a misunderstanding</color> | | <color #eb0051>a raisin</color> | **=** | un raisin sec | **≠** | un raisin | **=** | <color #eb0051>a grape</color> | | <color #eb0051>to range</color> | **=** | varier, aller | **≠** | ranger | **=** | <color #eb0051>to tidy, to clean up</color> | | <color #eb0051>to realise</color> | **=** | se rendre compte de | **≠** | réaliser | **=** | <color #eb0051>to make, produce, carry out, fulfil</color> | | <color #eb0051>to report</color> | **=** | rapporter | **≠** | reporter | **=** | <color #eb0051>to reschedule</color> | | <color #eb0051>to rest</color> | **=** | se reposer | **≠** | rester | **=** | <color #eb0051>to stay</color> | | <color #eb0051>to resume</color> | **=** | reprendre | **≠** | résumer | **=** | <color #eb0051>to summarise</color> | | <color #eb0051>sensible</color> | **=** | raisonnable | **≠** | sensible | **=** | <color #eb0051>sensitive</color> | | <color #eb0051>a souvenir</color> | **=** | un souvenir (object de vacances etc.) | **≠** | un souvenir (mémoire d’un événément) | **=** | <color #eb0051>a memory</color> | | <color #eb0051>a stage</color> | **=** | une scène ou une étape | **≠** | un stage | **=** | <color #eb0051> a course, an internship etc.</color> | | <color #eb0051>a stranger</color> | **=** | un inconnu | **≠** | un étranger | **=** | <color #eb0051> a foreigner (from another country)</color> | | <color #eb0051>sympathetic</color> | **=** | compatissant | **≠** | sympathique | **=** | <color #eb0051>nice, pleasant, friendly</color> | | <color #eb0051>a vacancy</color> | **=** | une place, une chambre libre, un poste vacant | **≠** | les vacances | **=** | <color #eb0051> a holiday, the holidays </color> |