False Cognate Flashcards
(141 cards)
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English : actual
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French: réel
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English : actually
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French: en fait, de fait, en réalité
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French: actuellement
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English : now, at present, presently
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English : cave (in ground)
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French: caverne, grotte
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English: cave (wine)
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French: cave a vin
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French: cave (maison)
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English: basement, cellar
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French : cave (personne)
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English: idiot
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French : cave (a vin)
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English : wine cave, wine cellar
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English: comedian
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French: humoriste
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French: comédiens
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English : actor/actress
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English : command (noun)
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French: maîtrise
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English: command (verb)
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French: ordonner, forcer
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French: commande (nom)
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English : order
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French: commander
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English : to order
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English : conductor
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French: chef d’orchestre, chef de train, conducteur (électrique)
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French: conducteur
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English: driver, conductor (electricity)
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English: crayon
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French: (wax) crayon
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English cry
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French pleurer
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French crier
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English scream; yell
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English Demand (v)
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French Exiger
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French demander
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English request
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English figure
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French silhouette ( seulement pour décrire celle de la femme, pour l’homme on utilise physique)
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French figure
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English face
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English fine ( adj)
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French raffiné, délicat, beau
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English fine (noun)
French Amende
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French fin (adj)
English object: thin, pointed
Person: kind, nice
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French fin (noun)
English end
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English fourniture
French meubles
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French fourniture
English supplies
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English gentle
French doux
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French gentil
English Nice, kind
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English history
French histoire (matiere)
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French histoire
English history (school subject) story
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English Infant
French nouveau ne bebe
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French enfant
English child
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English library
French bibliothèque
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French librairie
English bookstore
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English liquor
French alcool spiritueux (hard liquor)
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French liqueur
English soft drink, soda pop, pop soda
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Mecanic
Mécanicien
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Mécanique
Machinery
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Library
Bibliothèque
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Librairie
Bookstore
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Liquor
Alcool =hard liquor
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Mechanic
Mécanicien
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Mecanique
Machinery
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Medicine
Remède, médicaments
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Medecin
Doctor
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Note
Note de musique, note taken in class
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Note
Mark, grade, musical note
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Parent
Mère ou pere
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Parent
Relative (family members, especially Who do not live with you)
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Photograph
Photographie
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Photographe
Photographer
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Phrase
Expression ; locution; partie de phrase
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Phrase
Sentence
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Piece
Morceau, bout, fragment
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Pièce
Piece room play (théâtre) song coin
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Professor
Professeur
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Professeur
Teacher (primary, high school and cegep) professor (university usually having a doctorate)
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Rest
Se reposer
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Rester
Stay ( temporarily) live (used in Québec)
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Sensible
Sensé raisonnable
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Sensible
Sensitive
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Severe
Sévère ferme
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Sévère
Strict
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Sympathetic
Compatissant compréhensif
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Sympathique
Nice, kind, likeable
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Temperature
Température
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Température
Weather temperature
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Vacancy
Chambre vacante
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Vacances
Vacation, holiday (s)
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Arrive
Arriver
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Arriver
Arrive, happen
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Assist
Aider, assister
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Assister à un cours
Attend (a class)
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Assister
Help, assist
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Assistance
Aide, assistance, secours
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Assistance (spectacle)
Audience
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Attend
Assister à, servir
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Attendre
Wait
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Comprehensive
Exhaustif
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Compréhensif
Understanding
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Deception
Tromperie, duperie
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Demand (n.)
Exigence
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Demander
Ask
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Dire
Terrible (nouvelle, conséquences) urgent, pressant (besoin, situation)
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Dire
Say, tell
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Education
Éducation
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Éducation
Education, upbringing
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Engage (in something)
Entreprendre quelque chose
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Engaged to someone
Fiancé
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Engaged in something (adj)
Engagé dans qqch
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Engager (v.)
Hire
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Engagé
Hired
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S'engager à faire qqch
Commit, agree, undertake to do something
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Enterprise
Entreprise (régime économique)
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Entreprise
Company, business, film
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Engagement (to be married)
Fiançailles
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Engagement (involvement)
Engagement
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Engagement (embauche)
Appointment or hiring
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Engagement (dévouement)
Engagement or commitment
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Form (v.)
Développer
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Former
Train educate
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Formation
Formation (géologique)
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Formation
Training, background, education
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Inscription
Inscription (sur un monument)
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Inscription
Registration, or enrolment (classes) inscription (on a tomb)
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Journal
Revue spécialisée, périodique journal intime/personnel
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Journal in french
Newspaper diary/journal
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Journey
Voyage
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Journée
Day
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Lecture
Conférence cours magistral
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Lecture en français
Reading
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Local
Local (adj)
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Local in french
Room, office
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Mark (n.)
Note marque
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Mark (v.)
Corriger, marquer, cocher
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Marque
Mark, brand make (of car)
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Marquer
Leave an impact , affect, score (a goal), indicate, signal, mark (make a mark)
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Marriage
Mariage
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Mariage
Marriage, wedding ( cérémonie)
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Process
Processus méthode, procédure
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Procès
Trial lawsuit
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Relation
Parent (e) membre de la famille
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Relations (pl.)
Relations (entre 2 pays)
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Relations (sex)
Relations sexuelles
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Relation (entre personnes)
Relationship
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Relations
Relations (between two countries)
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Relations sexuelles
Sexualité relations
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Resume (v.)
Reprendre, recommencer
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Resume/résumé/n.
CV
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Résumer
Summarize, sum up
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Shocked
En état de choc, renverser, scandalisé
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Choqué
Angry, upset
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Souvenir
Souvenir (objet)
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Souvenir en français
Memory, recollection, memento
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Stage
Phase période scène (de théâtre)
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Stage en français
Everything depends on field: work program (usually paid) training program (of short duration where specific skills are learned) intership (teachers, nurses, médical interns) praticum (teachers)
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Store
Magasin
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Store en français
Blind or Window screen
