Pie (F) refers to a magpie.
Pie (E) indicates une tarte or une tourte.
Pièce (F) vs Piece (E)
Pièce (F) is a semi-false cognate. It means piece only in the sense of broken pieces. Otherwise, it indicates a room, sheet of paper, coin, or play.
Piece (E) is a part of something - un morceau or une tranche.
Pile (F) vs Pile (E)
Pile (F) is a semi-false cognate. In addition to a pile, it can refer to a battery or pier.
Pile (E) is une pile, un tas, or un pieu de fondation.
Pinte (F) vs Pint (E)
Pinte (F) means a quart (in Québec) and a bar or café (in Switzerland). In standard French, it refers to an archaic unit of measurement.
Pint (E) is approximately un demi-litre.
Pipe (F) vs Pipe (E)
Pipe (F) can refer to a pipe for smoking as well as, in vulgar slang, fellatio.
Pipe (E) = un tuyau or une conduite.
Pitance (F) vs Pittance (E)
Pitance (F) is an old-fashioned, formal, and derogatory word for sustenance.
Pittance (E) is une somme dérisoire, un maigre revenu, or un salaire de misère.
Placard (F) vs Placard (E)
Placard (F) usually refers to an armoire or cupboard. It can also mean a galley proof or, informally, a thick layer.
Placard (E) is une affiche or une pancarte.
Place (F) vs Place (E)
Place (F) can refer a plaza, a place (e.g., 2nd place), a seat, or a space.
Place (E) is usually translated by un endoit or un lieu.
Police (F) vs Police (E)
Police (F) is a semi-false cognate. In addition to a law-enforcing body, it can also mean policy (e.g., insurance) and font.
Police (E) refers only to the law-enforcing body. There are two different organizations in France: la police - under the Ministry of the Interior and la gendarmerie - under the Ministry of War.
Politique (F) vs Politics (E)
Politique (F) can be the adjective political or a noun: un politique = politician while une politique = politics or a policy
Politics (E) refers only to la politique.
Pond (F) vs Pond (E)
Pond (F) is from the verb pondre - to lay (an egg).
Pond (E) is un étang.
Porche (F) vs Porch (E)
Porche (F) can be a porch or just an entrance.
Porch (E) = un porche, un véranda, une marquise.
Pot (F) vs Pot (E)
Pot (F) can be a jar, earthenware pot, can, or carton. There is also a familiar expression prendre un pot - to have a drink.
Pot (E) is a cooking vessel: une marmite or une casserole. Pot is also a slang term for marijuana - marie-jeanne.
Pour (F) vs Pour (E)
Pour (F) is the French preposition for.
Pour (E) is a verb which means verser or pleuvoir à verse.
précaire (F) vs precarious (E)
précaire (F) means precarious, but only figuratively, as when talking about a relationship, a situation, or someone's health.
precarious (E) can be figurative, like précaire, but it can also be literal, as when talking about a ladder or building in a precarious location. For this meaning, it's equivalent to instable.
Préjudice (F) vs Prejudice (E)
Préjudice (F) means loss, harm, or damage.
Prejudice (E) refers to préjugé(s) or prévention(s).
Préservatif (F) vs Preservative (E)
Préservatif (F) is a condom.
Preservative (E) = un agent de conservation or un conservateur.
Prétendant (F) vs Pretender (E)
Prétendant (F) = candidate.
Pretender (E) is uncommon in English. It used to refer to someone who was next in line for the throne, but nowadays basically would indicate someone who pretends to do/be something (to pretend = faire semblant, simuler).
Prétendre (F) vs Pretend (E)
Prétendre (F) means to claim or assert: Il prétend savoir jouer du piano - He claims to be able to play the piano. Prétendu - alleged or supposed.
Pretend (E) means to make believe or to feign: She's pretending to be sick - Elle simule / feint d'être malade.
Prime (F) vs Prime (E)
Prime (F) is a free gift, bonus, premium, or subsidy.
Prime (E) as a noun = la fleur, l'apogée, or les plus beaux jours.
Procès (F) vs Process (E)
Procès (F) refers to legal proceedings, a lawsuit, or a trial.
Process (E) is a very general term: un processus or une procédure.
Professeur (F) vs Professor (E)
Professeur (F) refers to a high school, college, or university teacher or instructor.
Professor (E) indicates un professeur titulaire d'une chaire.
Proposer (F) vs Propose (E)
Proposer (F) means to propose in the sense of suggest, put forward, nominate, offer.
Propose (E) usually means to propose marriage - faire une demande en mariage.
Propre (F) vs Proper / Prop (E)
Propre (F) can mean clean or own (as in ma propre voiture - my own car).
Proper (E) means convenable or adéquat.Prop (E) is un support or un étai.
Proprété (F) vs Property (E)
Proprété (F) means cleanliness, neatness, tidiness.
Property (E) refers to propriété (note the I in the middle) or biens.
Prune (F) vs Prune (E)
Prune (F) refers to a plum.
Prune (E) can be a noun - un pruneau or a verb - tailler, élaguer.
Publicité (F) vs Publicity (E)
Publicité (F) is a semi-false cognate. In addition to publicity, une publicité can mean advertising in general, as well as as a commercial or advertisement.
Publicity (E) = de la publicité.
Puce (F) vs Puce (E)
Puce (F) is a flea or a computer chip, as well as the color puce.
Puce (E) = puce.
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