Difference between revisions 4346769 and 4346793 on enwikiSee [[false cognate]], [[false friend]], [[list of words]], [[list of reference tables]], [[List of English-French Faux Amis]] <table border=1> <caption>Examples of false friends between [[English language|English]] and other languages</caption> <tr> <th>Non-English word <th>Which resembles English <th>But actually means <tr> <td>abbé ([[French language|French]]) <td>abbey <td>priest or abbot <tr> <td>accuser ([[French language|French]]) <td>accuse <td>acknowledge (''accuser réception'' = acknowledge receipt), although it can also mean "accuse" in other cases <tr> <td>actual ([[Romanian language|Romanian]])<br> actual ([[Spanish language|Spanish]])<br> actueel ([[Dutch language|Dutch]])<br> aktuala ([[Esperanto language|Esperanto]])<br> actuel ([[French language|French]]) <br> aktuell ([[German language|German]])<br> attuale([[Italian language|Italian]]) <td>actual <td>current <tr> <td>adepte ([[French language|French]])<br> adept ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]) <td>adept (proficient) <td>follower <tr> <td>administré ([[French language|French]]) <td>administered <td>citizen <tr> <td>ado ([[French language|French]]) <td>ado (fuss) <td>''short for'' adolescent <tr> <td>affluent ([[French language|French]]) <td>affluent (wealthy) <td>tributary (of a river) [effluent] <tr> <td>After ([[German language|German]]) <td>after <td>[[anus]] <tr> (contracted; show full)<td>[[ankle]] <tr> <td>you (有) ([[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]) <td>you <td>to have </table> All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=4346793.
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