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French/English True Cognates List

There are around 1,700 French cognates, many of which are identical to their English counterparts.

We have put together a list of the most common true French Cognates. In French, we call them "Vrais Amis".

Legend: types for French

• m: masculine noun
• f: feminine noun
• adj: adjective
• adv: adverb
• v: verb

True Cognates English/French list

English	French	French (type)
abandon	abandon	m
abdomen	abdomen	m
abolition	abolition	f
abominable	abominable	adj
absence	absence	f
absent	absent	adj
absolutely	absolument	adv
absorption	absorption	f
abstinence	abstinence	f
abstraction	abstraction	f
acceleration	accélération	f
accent	accent	m
accessible	accessible	adj
accident	accident	m
action	action	f
active	active	adj
actuary	actuaire	adj
adaptation	adaptation	f
addiction	addiction	f
addition	addition	f
adjacent	adjacent	adj
administration	administration	f
admirable	admirable	adj
admiration	admiration	f
admission	admission	f
adolescent	adolescent	adj
adoption	adoption	f
adorable	adorable	adj
affluent	affluent	adj
agent	agent	m
agile	agile	adj
agriculture	agriculture	f
air	air	m
alliance	alliance	f
alphabetical	alphabetique	adj
ambiance	ambiance	f
ambition	ambition	f
ambulance	ambulance	f
amendment	amendement	m
amusement	amusement	m
anaconda	anaconda	m
analytical	analytique	adj
animal	animal	m
anniversary	anniversaire	m
apartment	appartement	m
appearance	appearance	f
applicable	applicable	adj
arbitrary	arbitraire	adj
ardent	ardent	adj
arrogance	arrogance	f
arrogant	arrogant	adj
artist	artiste	m
assistance	assistance	f
association	association	f
assurance	assurance	f
attention	attention	f
automobile	automobile	f
banjo	banjo	m
blouse	blouse	f
brilliance	brilliance	f
brilliant	brilliant(e)	adj
brutal	brutal	adj
cable	cable	m
cafe	café	m
camera	caméra	f
canyon	canyon	m
capable	capable	adj
catastrophe	catastrophe	f
catholic	catholique	m
cause	cause	f
celebration	celebration	f
central	central	adj
champion	champion	m
circumstance	circumstance	f
client	client	m
coast	côte	f
communication	communication	f
compliment	compliment	m
concert	concert	m
condition	condition	f
confetti	confetti	m
confusion	confusion	f
conscience	conscience	f
constellation	constellation	f
construction	construction	f
continent	continent	m
contract	contracter	v
contrary	contraire	m
contribution	contribution	f
convergence	convergence	f
conversation	conversation	f
correct	correct	adj
correctly	correctement	adv
cousin	cousin	m
coyote	coyote	m
critical	critique	m
crocodile	crocodile	m
cubical	cubique	adj
cyclist	cycliste	m
danger	danger	m
decent	décent	adj
decoration	décoration	f
deficient	déficient	adj
deliverance	deliverance	f
dentist	dentiste	m
diction	diction	f
dictionary	dictionnaire	m
dictionary	dictionnaire	m
different	différent(e)	adj
digital	digital	adj
diligent	diligent	adj
direct	direct	adj
direction	direction	f
directly	directement	adv
distance	distance	f
distinct	distinct	adj
document	document	m
dollar	dollar	m
dominance	dominance	f
donation	donation	f
double	double	m
dragon	dragon	m
dramatic	dramatique	adj
duel	duel	m
durable	durable	adj
dynamite	dynamite	f
edition	édition	f
effective	effective	adj
election	election	f
electrical	electrique	adj
elegance	elegance	f
element	élément	m
elephant	éléphant
emotion	emotion
empire	empire
encouragement	encouragement
endurance	endurance
equation	equation
erosion	érosion
especially	spécialement
ethical	èthique
evident	évident
evidently	évidemment
exact	exact
exactly	exactement
excellent	excellent
exclamation	exclamation
exemption	exemption
exhibition	exhibition
experience	expérience
expiration	expiration
explosion	explosion
extra	extra
extraordinary	extraordinaire
extravagant- extravagant
favorable	favorable
festive	festive
fiance	fiancé
fiction	fiction
final	final
finally	finalement
finance	finance
flexible	flexible
forest	forêt
fragile	fragile
fragrance	fragrance
fruit	fruit
function	function
gallon	gallon
generation	génération
ghetto	ghetto
golf	golf
guide	guide
habitable	habitable
historical	historique
horrible	horrible
hospital	hôpital
hotel	hôtel
hotel	hôtel
identical	identique
identifiable	identifiable
identification	identification
ignorant	ignorant(e)
imaginary	imaginaire
immediately	immédiatement
immigrant	immigrant
immigration	immigration
impact	impact
impatience	impatience
importance	importance
important	important(e
impossible	impossible
impression	impression
improbable	improbable
inaccessible	inaccessible
incident	incident
incredible	incrédible
increment	incrément
incurable	incurable
independence	indépendance
indicative	indicative
indulgence	indulgence
infection	infection
influence	influence
information	information
infrastructure	infrastructure
injection	injection
innocence	innocence
innocent	innocent
insect	insecte
inseparable	inséparable
inspection	inspection
instinct	instinct
instruction	instruction
intelligence	intelligence
intelligent	intelligent
intention	intention
interlude	interlude
international	international
interview	interview
intimidation	intimidation
intolerance	intolerance
introduction	introduction
invasion	invasion
invitation	invitation
jeans	jeans
journal	journal
jungle	jungle
justifiable	justifiable
juvenile	juvénile
latent	latent
leader	leader
legion	legion
leopard	léopard
lion	lion
logical	logique
long	long
lyrical	lyrique
machine	machine
maintenance	maintenance
manifestation	manifestation
marina	marina
maximum	maximum
mental	mental
mention	mention
metal	métal
microscope	microscope
migration	migration
military	militaire
million	million
miniature	miniature
minute	minute
mobile	mobile
moment	moment
monument	monument
moral	moral
motion	motion
music	musique
nation	nation
national	national
naturally	naturellement
necessary	néccessaire
nectar	néctar
nonchalant nonchalant
normal	normal
normally	normalement
notable	notable
notable	notable
notable	notable
notice	notice
notion	notion
nuance	nuance
nuisance	nuisance
obedience	obédience
object	objet
obligation	obligation
obsession	obsession
occasion	occasion
ocean	océan
office	office
omission	omission
operation	opération
opinion	opinion
option	option
ordinary	ordinaire
original	original
parent	parent
part	part
passion	passion
passion	passion
patience	patience
perceptible	perceptible
perfect	parfait
permanent	permanent(e)
perseverance	perseverance
persuasion	persuasion
pertinent	pertinent
piano	piano
pirate	pirate
plan	plan
police	police
population	population
possible	possible
potion	potion
practical	pratique
presentation	présentation
president	président
profit	profit
pronunciation- prononciation
prudent	prudent(e)
question	question
racial	racial
ratio	ratio
ration	ration
recent	récent
recyclable	recyclable
reflection	reflection
region	région
religion	religion
renaissance	renaissance
reptile	reptile
resemblance	resemblance
reservation	réservation
resonance	resonance
respect	respect
respectable	respectable
restaurant	restaurant
reunion	réunion
robot	robot
romantic	romantique
rotation	rotation
route	route
salary	salaire
satellite	satellite
science	science
secret	secret
segment	segment
serpent	serpent
session	session
silence	silence
silhouette	silhouette
simple	simple
situation	situation
ski	ski
sociable	sociable
social	social
sofa	sofa
solo	solo
solution	solution
station	station
statistical	statistique
substance	substance
support	support
surprise	surprise
suspect	suspect
symmetrical	symetrique
table	table
talent	talent
taxi	taxi
telephone	téléphone
telescope	télescope
television	télévision
terrible	terrible
theatre	théâtre
tolerance	tolerance
totally	totalement
train	train
trampoline	trampoline
transaction	transaction
transparent	transparent
transport	transport
trillion	trillion
triple	triple
triumphant	triumphant(e)
tube	tube
typical	typique
urgent	urgent
vacant	vacant
valve	valve
version	version
vertical	vertical
vibrance	vibrance
vibrant	vibrant
violence	violence
visible	visible
visible	visible
vocabulary	vocabulaire
vocal	vocal
vulnerable	vulnérable
yacht	yacht
zoo	zoo
zoom	zoom