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trainee - traînée
trainee - traînée
== English & Geaman ==
== English & French ==
actually - actuellement
ancient - ancien
apology - apologie
assist - assister
attend - attendre
blanket - blanquette
bless - blesser
bleesed - bleesé
bras - bras
brassiere - brasserie
button - bouton
cent - cent
character - caractère
chair - chair
chance - chance
change - change
coin - coin
college - collège
comprehensive - compréhensif
concourse - concours
deception - déception
envy - envie
eventually - éventuellement
excited - excité
grand - grand
grape - grappe
introduce - introduire
jolly - joli
journey - journée
library - librairie
location - location
luxurious - luxurieux
money - monnaie
pass - passer
pile - pile
prejudice - préjudice
preservative - préservatif
prune - prune
raisin - raisin
sensible - sensible
slip - slip
trainee - traînée
== English & German ==
also - also
ambulance - Ambulanz
art - Art
bald - bald
beamer - Beamer
become - Bekommen
blend - blenden
body bag - Bodybag
brand - Brand
cracker - Cracker
decent - dezent
dick - dick
direction - Direktion
dose - Dose
eventually - eventuell
evergreen - Evergreen
fast - fast
fraction - Fraktion
genie - Genie
gift - Gift
grab - graben
gymnasium - Gymnasium
handy - Handy
herd - Herd
hose - Hose
hut - Hut
irritate - irritieren
caution - Kaution
kind - Kind
confession - Konfession
concurrence - Konkurrenz
consequent - Konsequent
concern - Koncern
craft - Kraft
labor - Labor
leck - leck
last - last
lecture - lektüre
local - Lokal
lock - locken
lyrics - Lyrik
map - Mappe
meaning - Meinung
mess - Messe
mist - Mist
note - Note
notice -Notiz
objective - Objektiv
oldtimer - Oldtimer
ordinary - Ordinär
paragraph - Paragraph
pickle - Pickel
preservative - Präservativ
pregnant - Prägnant
probe - Probe
promotion - Promotion
prospect - Prospekt
provision - Provision
process - Prozess
public - Publikum
rat - Rat
rate - Rate
realise - realisieren
rent - Rente
receipt - Rezept
ring - Ringen
rock - Rock
Roman - Roman
schmuck - Schmuck
sect - Sekt
sensible - sensibel
serious - seriös
smoking - Smoking
spend - spenden
spot - spotten
staple - Stapel
stark - stark
stern - Stern
stock - Stock
sympathetic - sympathisch
tablet - Tablett
tag - Tag
taste - Taste
toll - toll
trunk - Trunk
warehouse - Warenhaus
wink - winken

Revision as of 08:29, 16 May 2018

"False friends of a translator" (faux amis du traducteur) means two words in two languages which look or sound similar, but they have different meanings.

Please sort by alphabet, or number of strokes of the first character.

Chinese & Japanese

一杯 - 一杯

人參/人参 - 人参

人間/人间 - 人間

下手 - 下手

上手 - 上手

大丈夫 - 大丈夫

丈夫 - 丈夫

以上 - 以上

天井 - 天井

文句 - 文句

方面 - 方面

火車/火车 - 火車

手紙/手纸 - 手紙

化妝室/化妆室 - 化粧室

切手 - 切手

玉 - 玉

寫真/写真 - 写真

先生 - 先生

會社/会社 - 会社

機/机 - 机

邪魔 - 邪魔

住所 - 住所

汽車/汽车 - 汽車

私 - 私

果子 - 菓子

非常 - 非常

侍 - 侍

怪我 - 怪我

庖丁 - 庖丁

放心 - 放心

風俗/风俗 - 風俗

信號/信号 - 信号

指摘 - 指摘

是非 - 是非

研究生 - 研究生

約束/约束 - 約束

勉強/勉强 - 勉強

卓 - 卓

高等學校/高等学校 - 高等学校

旅館/旅馆 - 旅館

娘 - 娘

料理 - 料理

運轉/运转 - 運転

情報/情报 - 情報

野菜 - 野菜

湯/汤 - 湯

最低 - 最低

最高 - 最高

裁判 - 裁判

暗算 - 暗算

愛人/爱人 - 愛人

電車/电车 - 電車

新聞/新闻 - 新聞

演出 - 演出

標榜/标榜 - 標榜

調子/调子 - 調子

麒麟 - 麒麟

議論/议论 - 議論

Chinese & Korean

人事 - 인사(人事)

工夫 - 공부(工夫)

火車/火车 - 화차(火車)

化妝室/化妆室 - 화장실(化粧室)

去來/去来 - 거래(去來)

寫真/写真 - 사진(写真)

先生 - 선생(先生)

安寧/安宁 - 안녕(安寧)

會社/会社 - 회사(會社)

汽車/汽车 - 기차(汽車)

苦草 - 고초(苦草)

果子 - 과자(果子)

卓 - 탁(卓)

放心 - 방심(放心)

是非 - 시비(是非)

洞內/洞内 - 동내(洞內)

砂糖 - 사탕(砂糖)

料理 - 요리(料理)

琉璃 - 유리(琉璃)

野菜 - 야채(野菜)

運轉/运转 - 운전(運轉)

暗算 - 암산(暗算)

裁判 - 재판(裁判)

新聞/新闻 - 신문(新聞)

複道/复道 - 복도(複道)

親舊/亲旧 - 친구(親舊)

艱難/艰难 - 간난(艱難)

麒麟 - 기린(麒麟)

議論/议论 - 의논(議論)

English & French

actually - actuellement

ancient - ancien

apology - apologie

assist - assister

attend - attendre

blanket - blanquette

bless - blesser

bleesed - bleesé

bras - bras

brassiere - brasserie

button - bouton

cent - cent

character - caractère

chair - chair

chance - chance

change - change

coin - coin

college - collège

comprehensive - compréhensif

concourse - concours

deception - déception

envy - envie

eventually - éventuellement

excited - excité

grand - grand

grape - grappe

introduce - introduire

jolly - joli

journey - journée

library - librairie

location - location

luxurious - luxurieux

money - monnaie

pass - passer

pile - pile

prejudice - préjudice

preservative - préservatif

prune - prune

raisin - raisin

sensible - sensible

slip - slip

trainee - traînée

English & Geaman

English & French

actually - actuellement

ancient - ancien

apology - apologie

assist - assister

attend - attendre

blanket - blanquette

bless - blesser

bleesed - bleesé

bras - bras

brassiere - brasserie

button - bouton

cent - cent

character - caractère

chair - chair

chance - chance

change - change

coin - coin

college - collège

comprehensive - compréhensif

concourse - concours

deception - déception

envy - envie

eventually - éventuellement

excited - excité

grand - grand

grape - grappe

introduce - introduire

jolly - joli

journey - journée

library - librairie

location - location

luxurious - luxurieux

money - monnaie

pass - passer

pile - pile

prejudice - préjudice

preservative - préservatif

prune - prune

raisin - raisin

sensible - sensible

slip - slip

trainee - traînée

English & German

also - also

ambulance - Ambulanz

art - Art

bald - bald

beamer - Beamer

become - Bekommen

blend - blenden

body bag - Bodybag

brand - Brand

cracker - Cracker

decent - dezent

dick - dick

direction - Direktion

dose - Dose

eventually - eventuell

evergreen - Evergreen

fast - fast

fraction - Fraktion

genie - Genie

gift - Gift

grab - graben

gymnasium - Gymnasium

handy - Handy

herd - Herd

hose - Hose

hut - Hut

irritate - irritieren

caution - Kaution

kind - Kind

confession - Konfession

concurrence - Konkurrenz

consequent - Konsequent

concern - Koncern

craft - Kraft

labor - Labor

leck - leck

last - last

lecture - lektüre

local - Lokal

lock - locken

lyrics - Lyrik

map - Mappe

meaning - Meinung

mess - Messe

mist - Mist

note - Note

notice -Notiz

objective - Objektiv

oldtimer - Oldtimer

ordinary - Ordinär

paragraph - Paragraph

pickle - Pickel

preservative - Präservativ

pregnant - Prägnant

probe - Probe

promotion - Promotion

prospect - Prospekt

provision - Provision

process - Prozess

public - Publikum

rat - Rat

rate - Rate

realise - realisieren

rent - Rente

receipt - Rezept

ring - Ringen

rock - Rock

Roman - Roman

schmuck - Schmuck

sect - Sekt

sensible - sensibel

serious - seriös

smoking - Smoking

spend - spenden

spot - spotten

staple - Stapel

stark - stark

stern - Stern

stock - Stock

sympathetic - sympathisch

tablet - Tablett

tag - Tag

taste - Taste

toll - toll

trunk - Trunk

warehouse - Warenhaus

wink - winken