French-English Cognates - Vrais Amis - P
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 | |
| palindrome | m noun | |
| palpable | adjective | |
| palpitation | f noun | |
| panache | m noun | |
| panda | m noun | |
| panorama | m noun | |
| pantomime | f noun | |
| papa | m noun | |
| paparazzi | m noun | |
| paprika | m noun | |
| papyrus | m noun | |
| parachute | m noun | |
| parade | f noun | |
| paranormal | adjective | |
| paraphrase | f noun | |
| parasite | m noun | |
| parasol | m noun | |
| pardon | m noun | |
| parent | m noun | |
| parental | adjective | |
| partial | adjective | |
| participant | adjective + m noun | |
| participation | f noun | |
| partisan | adjective + noun | |
| partition | f noun | |
| passable | adjective | |
| passage | m noun | |
| passion | f noun | |
| pastel | adjective + m noun | |
| pastoral | adjective | |
| patience | f noun | |
| patient | adjective + m noun | |
| patio | m noun | |
| patois | adjective + m noun | |
| pause | f noun | |
| payable | adjective | |
| pectoral | adjective | |
| pedigree | m noun | |
| penchant | m noun | |
| penny | m noun | |
| pentagonal | adjective | |
| perceptible | adjective | |
| perception | f noun | |
| percussion | f noun | |
| perfection | f noun | |
| perforation | f noun | |
| permanence | f noun | |
| perspective | f noun | |
| persuasion | f noun | |
| pertinence | f noun | |
| pertinent | adjective | |
| perversion | f noun | |
| pestilence | f noun | |
| pH | m noun | |
| phallus | m noun | |
| phase | f noun | |
| philodendron | m noun | |
| phosphate | m noun | |
| phosphorescent | adjective | |
| photo | f noun | |
| photon | m noun | |
| phylum | m noun | |
| physique | m noun | |
| piano | m noun | |
| picaresque | adjective | |
| piccolo | m noun | |
| pickpocket | m noun | |
| pidgin | m noun | |
| pigeon | m noun | |
| pigment | m noun | |
| pigmentation | f noun | |
| pipeline | m noun | |
| piranha | m noun | |
| pirate | adjective + m noun | |
| pivot | m noun | |
| pixel | m noun | |
| pizza | f noun | |
| pizzeria | f noun | |
| placebo | m noun | |
| placement | m noun | |
| placenta | m noun | |
| plantation | f noun | |
| plaque | f noun | |
| plasma | m noun | |
| platitude | f noun | |
| plausible | adjective | |
| plumage | m noun | |
| plural | adjective | |
| plus | conjunction | |
| podium | m noun | |
| poignant | adjective | |
| police | f noun | |
| polio | f noun | |
| polka | f noun | |
| pollen | m noun | |
| pollution | f noun | |
| population | f noun | |
| pore | m noun | |
| port | m noun | |
| portable | adjective + m noun | |
| portion | f noun | |
| portrait | m noun | |
| pose | f noun | |
| position | f noun | |
| possession | f noun | |
| possible | adjective + m noun | |
| postal | adjective | |
| postnatal | adjective | |
| posture | f noun | |
| potable | adjective | |
| potassium | m noun | |
| potion | f noun | |
| prairie | m noun | |
| prescription | f noun | |
| prestige | m noun | |
| primate | m noun | |
| primordial | adjective | |
| prince | m noun | |
| principal | adjective + m noun | |
| prison | f noun | |
| probable | adjective | |
| procession | f noun | |
| proclamation | f noun | |
| procuration | f noun | |
| production | f noun | |
| profession | f noun | |
| profit | m noun | |
| profitable | adjective | |
| profusion | f noun | |
| programme (UK) | m noun | |
| progression | f noun | |
| prohibition | f noun | |
| projectile | m noun | |
| projection | f noun | |
| prologue | m noun | |
| promenade | f noun | |
| promotion | f noun | |
| pronominal | adjective | |
| propagation | f noun | |
| propane | m noun | |
| proportion | f noun | |
| propulsion | f noun | |
| prose | f noun | |
| prospectus | m noun | |
| prostate | f noun | |
| prostitution | f noun | |
| prostration | f noun | |
| protection | f noun | |
| protestation | f noun | |
| proton | m noun | |
| prototype | m noun | |
| provenance | f noun | |
| proverbial | adjective | |
| providence | f noun | |
| province | f noun | |
| provincial | adjective | |
| provision | f noun | |
| provocation | f noun | |
| prude | f noun | |
| prudence | f noun | |
| psoriasis | m noun | |
| public | adjective + m noun | |
| publication | f noun | |
| punk | adjective + m/f noun | |
| purge | f noun | |
| purification | f noun | |
| pus | m noun | |
| python | m noun |
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