French False Friends

Translate "journée" into English

• Journey

• Day

• Journal

• Jolly

Translate "travailler" into English

• to work

• to traipse

• to travel

• to wield

Translate "gentil" into English

• gentle

• gentleman

• gender

• kind

Translate "trier" into English

• to try

• to train

• to sort

• to trick

Translate "une pièce" into English

• room

• piece

• pincer

• pie

Translate "actuellement" into English

• actually

• recently

• fairly

• currently

Translate "la lecture" into English

• lesson

• reading

• lecture

• lecturn

Translate "le collège" into English

• secondary school

• primary school

• university

• college

Translate "demander" into English

• to demand

• to ask

• to be bossy

• to take

Translate "ignorer" into English

• to ignore

• to blank someone

• to be unaware of

• to be lonely