French-English Cognates - Vrais Amis - D
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 | |
| dahlia | m noun | |
| dandy | m noun | |
| danger | m noun | |
| date | f noun | |
| dealer | m noun | |
| débâcle | f noun | |
| débutante | f noun | |
| décolletage | m noun | |
| delta | m noun | |
| dense | adjective | |
| dental | adjective | |
| descendant | m noun | |
| description | f noun | |
| desperado | m noun | |
| dessert | m noun | |
| destination | f noun | |
| destitution | f noun | |
| destructible | adjective | |
| destruction | f noun | |
| diagonal | adjective | |
| dialectal | adjective | |
| dialogue | m noun | |
| diatribe | f noun | |
| dictatorial | adjective | |
| diction | f noun | |
| diesel | m noun | |
| diffusion | f noun | |
| digestible | adjective | |
| digestion | f noun | |
| digital | adjective | |
| digression | f noun | |
| dilapidation | f noun | |
| diligent | adjective | |
| dilution | f noun | |
| dimension | f noun | |
| diminution | f noun | |
| diode | f noun | |
| direct | adjective | |
| direction | f noun | |
| disciple | m noun | |
| discipline | f noun | |
| disco | adjective + m noun | |
| discordant | adjective | |
| discrimination | f noun | |
| discussion | f noun | |
| dislocation | f noun | |
| disposition | f noun | |
| dissection | f noun | |
| dissension | f noun | |
| dissident | adjective + m noun | |
| dissipation | f noun | |
| dissolution | f noun | |
| dissonant | adjective | |
| distance | f noun | |
| distant | adjective | |
| distillation | f noun | |
| distinct | adjective | |
| distinction | f noun | |
| distraction | f noun | |
| distribution | f noun | |
| district | m noun | |
| diva | f noun | |
| divan | m noun | |
| divergence | f noun | |
| divergent | adjective | |
| diversification | f noun | |
| diversion | f noun | |
| divisible | adjective | |
| division | f noun | |
| divorce | m noun | |
| docile | adjective | |
| doctoral | adjective | |
| doctrine | f noun | |
| document | m noun | |
| documentation | f noun | |
| dollar | m noun | |
| domestication | f noun | |
| dominance | f noun | |
| domination | f noun | |
| domination | f noun | |
| dominion | f noun | |
| domino | m noun | |
| donation | f noun | |
| dorsal | adjective | |
| dosage | m noun | |
| dose | f noun | |
| double | adjective + m noun | |
| dragon | m noun | |
| drainage | m noun | |
| drive | m noun | |
| duel | m noun | |
| dune | f noun | |
| duo | m noun | |
| dupe | f noun | |
| duplex | adjective + m noun | |
| duplication | f noun | |
| durable | adjective | |
| dynamite | f noun |
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