French-English Cognates - Vrais Amis - A
Identical in spelling and (sometimes) meaning
The words listed here are spelled (although not pronounced) identically in French and English and are true or semi-true cognates. Before you start memorizing them, please read some important notes about these cognates.
| French/English | Part(s) of speech | |
| abandon | m noun | |
| abattoir | m noun | |
| abdication | f noun | |
| abdomen | m noun | |
| abdominal | adjective | |
| aberrant | adjective | |
| aberration | f noun | |
| abject | adjective | |
| abolition | f noun | |
| abominable | adjective | |
| abomination | f noun | |
| abracadabra | exclamation | |
| abrasion | f noun | |
| abrogation | f noun | |
| absence | f noun | |
| absent | adjective | |
| absinthe | f noun | |
| absolution | f noun | |
| absorption | f noun | |
| abstention | f noun | |
| abstinence | f noun | |
| abstinent | adjective | |
| abstraction | f noun | |
| acacia | m noun | |
| accent | m noun | |
| accentuation | f noun | |
| accessible | adjective | |
| accident | m noun | |
| accolade | f noun | |
| accord | m noun | |
| accumulation | f noun | |
| accusation | f noun | |
| acolyte | m noun | |
| acquisition | f noun | |
| action | f noun | |
| acupuncture | f noun | |
| adage | m noun | |
| adaptable | adjective | |
| adaptation | f noun | |
| addenda | m noun | |
| addition | f noun | |
| adjacent | adjective | |
| adjectival | adjective | |
| administration | f noun | |
| admirable | adjective | |
| admiration | f noun | |
| admission | f noun | |
| admonition | f noun | |
| adolescence | f noun | |
| adolescent | adjective | |
| adoption | f noun | |
| adorable | adjective | |
| adoration | f noun | |
| adroit | adjective | |
| adulation | f noun | |
| adverbial | adjective | |
| adverse | adjective | |
| affable | adjective | |
| affectation | f noun | |
| affection | f noun | |
| affiliation | f noun | |
| affirmation | f noun | |
| affirmative | adjective | |
| affliction | f noun | |
| affront | m noun | |
| aficionado | m noun | |
| agent | m noun | |
| agile | adjective | |
| agitation | f noun | |
| agriculture | f noun | |
| air | m noun | |
| album | m noun | |
| alias | adverb | |
| alliance | f noun | |
| alligator | m noun | |
| allophone | m noun | |
| allusion | f noun | |
| alpha | m noun | |
| alphabet | m noun | |
| altercation | f noun | |
| altitude | f noun | |
| alto | adjective | |
| amateur | m noun | |
| ambition | f noun | |
| ambivalence | f noun | |
| ambivalent | adjective | |
| amble | m noun | |
| ambulance | f noun | |
| amoral | adjective | |
| ample | adjective | |
| amplification | f noun | |
| amputation | f noun | |
| amusement | m noun | |
| anal | adjective | |
| ancestral | adjective | |
| anecdote | f noun | |
| angle | m noun | |
| angora | adjective + m noun | |
| animal | m noun | |
| animation | f noun | |
| annihilation | f noun | |
| annotation | f noun | |
| anthrax | m noun | |
| anticipation | f noun | |
| antidote | m noun | |
| antique | adjective | |
| antisocial | adjective | |
| apartheid | m noun | |
| aperture | f noun | |
| apocalypse | f noun | |
| apostrophe | f noun | |
| apparent | adjective | |
| apparition | f noun | |
| applicable | adjective | |
| application | f noun | |
| appropriation | f noun | |
| approximation | f noun | |
| aptitude | f noun | |
| aquarium | m noun | |
| arable | adjective | |
| arcade | f noun | |
| architectural | adjective | |
| architecture | f noun | |
| archives | f noun | |
| argument | m noun | |
| aria | f noun | |
| armistice | m noun | |
| arrogance | f noun | |
| arrogant | adjective | |
| arsenal | m noun | |
| arsenic | m noun | |
| art | m noun | |
| artefact | m noun | |
| article | m noun | |
| articulation | f noun | |
| artifice | m noun | |
| artisan | m noun | |
| ascension | f noun | |
| aspartame | m noun | |
| aspiration | f noun | |
| assassin | m noun | |
| assertion | f noun | |
| assimilation | f noun | |
| assistance | f noun | |
| association | f noun | |
| assurance | f noun | |
| astral | adjective | |
| astringent | adjective + m noun | |
| atlas | m noun | |
| atoll | m noun | |
| atonal | adjective | |
| attention | f noun | |
| attitude | f noun | |
| attraction | f noun | |
| attribution | f noun | |
| auburn | adjective | |
| audible | adjective | |
| audit | m noun | |
| audition | f noun | |
| augmentation | f noun | |
| aura | f noun | |
| automation | f noun | |
| automobile | f noun | |
| avalanche | f noun | |
| avarice | f noun | |
| avenue | f noun | |
| aversion | f noun | |
| aviation | f noun | |
| axial | adjective |
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