ENGLISH: A FRENCH LANGUAGE - Alexandre Kimenyi

French meaning ‘dirty’ as cognates when it is not the case. For words to qualify the label
of true cognates or false cognates , they have to be related semantically. In the case of
true cognates, there has to the an identity of meaning., a one-to-one relationship between
the two lexical items in both languages.
In the case of false cognates, there is a metonymic relationship between the referents of
both words. That is, an association or factual contiguity, exists in those referents. This
relation can be that of cause and effect (ex. a blind area), part and whole (ex.
Washington sent a letter of protest to Moscow), content and container (ex. the White
House invited the Kremlin) , product and origin (ex. they were smoking a Havana),
product and producer (ex. he bought a Picasso), emblem and institution (ex. The crown
of England)
Lecturelecture (reading done outloud)
Librarylibrairie (bookstore)
Restrester (remain)
Discoursediscours (speech)
Engineengin (machine/appliance)
Bribebribes (scrabs/crumps)
Nursenourrice (wet nurse)
Finefin (refined)
Impeachempêcher (prevent)
Collegecollège (high school)
Easyaise (comfortable)
Commencementcommencement (beginning)
Managermenagere (housewife)
Injuryinjure (offense)
Chantchanter (sing)
Designdessiner (draw)
Editéditer (publish)
Scholarécolier (pupil)
Legumeslégumes (vegetables)
Vegetablesvegetaux (plants)
Drugdrogue (illicit substance)
Noisenoise (chercher noise: to look for dispute/fight)
Stage