Faux Amis

[Dwayne Roberts]

The following is a list I've made of French words that resemble English ones but in reality are different. I'm not interested in words (such as "poison" and "six" and "fiancé") that are the same in both languages. Would you care to add to this list?

 

as

assist

attend

bless

bras

but

cave

chair

chat

choir

chose

comment

figure

fin

four

irons

laid

lit

main

met

on

or

ours

pain

pays

pour

sale

sang

seize

smoking

son

sort

store

tape

tire

ton

tour

[Dai Lewis]

librairie

[Dwayne Roberts]

Excellent! But it would have to be in the plural (libraries) for this list since the singular English word is spelled "library". Thank you very much, Dai.

[Dwayne Roberts]

Adding "gland" which in English translates to "acorn".

[Ed la mouette]

Assist and bless are not French words, but I can add coin, net and piece to your list.

[Dwayne Roberts]

Drat! I was careless with "assist" and "bless". Thank you for pointing that out!

I'm pleased to add "coin" and "net". I'm unfamiliar with an unaccented "piece", though. What is its meaning?

[Ed la mouette]

Nothing, I just thought we weren't after accents here. :D

[Charles D]

'piece' is a word that can translate as 'room' and also 'play' (as in an acted work of the stage).  However, there is an accost on the 'e'.

[Dwayne Roberts]

suit

[lauris]

Very disturbing words for me in english : actually and eventually!

[Dwayne Roberts]

Pourquoi est-ce que ses mots anglais vous inquiètent, lauris ?  Comprenez-vous la difference entre les deux ?  Comment-on peut vous aider ?

[lauris]

Actually, they aren't disturbing anymore to me. But when I started to learn english, I couldn't remember their translation. But eventually, I managed to get it =)

But I think that those words can be deceptive for people learning french or english

[Dwayne Roberts]

Bien fait !