French-English Cognates - Vrais Amis - B
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 | |
| badge | m noun | |
| badminton | m noun | |
| baffle | m noun | |
| ballet | m noun | |
| balsa | m noun | |
| banal | adjective | |
| bandage | m noun | |
| bandit | m noun | |
| banjo | m noun | |
| banquet | m noun | |
| baptismal | adjective | |
| barbecue | m noun | |
| barge | f noun | |
| baron | m noun | |
| barracuda | m noun | |
| barrage | m noun | |
| barricade | f noun | |
| base | f noun | |
| bastion | f noun | |
| bazooka | m noun | |
| beatnik | m/f noun | |
| beige | adjective + m noun | |
| bible | f noun | |
| bicarbonate | m noun | |
| biceps | m noun | |
| bifocal | adjective | |
| bigot | m/f noun | |
| bikini | m noun | |
| bile | f noun | |
| biscuit | m noun | |
| bison | m noun | |
| bistro | m noun | |
| bizarre | adjective | |
| blazer | m noun | |
| blizzard | m noun | |
| boa | m noun | |
| bonus | m noun | |
| boomerang | m noun | |
| boulevard | m noun | |
| bouquet | m noun | |
| bourgeois | adjective + m/f noun | |
| boycott | m noun | |
| bracelet | m noun | |
| bran | m noun | |
| brave | adjective | |
| bravo | exclamation | |
| brigade | f noun | |
| brigand | m noun | |
| brochure | f noun | |
| bronze | m noun | |
| brusque | adjective | |
| brutal | adjective | |
| brute | f noun | |
| budget | m noun | |
| bungalow | m noun | |
| bus | m noun | |
| butane | m noun |
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