[Lexicog] False friends - Faux Amis

[Fritz Goerling]

For those who are interested, these lists might be helpful.

 

Fritz Goerling

 

"Faux Amis" - False cognates between English and French. 

 

"French and English have hundreds of cognates (words which look and/or are
pronounced alike in the two languages), including true (similar meanings),
false (different meanings), and semi-false (some similar and some different
meanings). Here is an abridged version of the most common false cognates in
French and English."
http://french.about.com/cs/vocabulary/a/falsecognates.htm 

A similar list can be found on:
http://cerezo.pntic.mec.es/~ffras/False_friends_french_english.htm 

 

 

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