Faux Amis – False Friends
Il existe de nombreux mots en français qui ressemblent beaucoup à des mots en anglais. Souvent, cela aide quand il s’agit de vocabulaire – malheureusement, beaucoup sont de faux amis – ils ressemblent exactement aux mots anglais, mais ont des significations différentes. Des exemples :
There are many word in French that are very similar to word in English. Often this helps when it comes to vocabulary – unfortunately many are false friends – they are the same as English words, but with different meanings. Examples include:
Librairie(Fr) – Book shop in English
Library(en) – bibliothèque in French