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True Friends
Believe it or not, when you walk into your first French class, you already know hundreds and hundreds French words, because there are more than 1,700 vrais amis; that is, French and English words that are spelled identically and mean the same thing – at least sometimes. While not a complete list, these pages will help you start using a huge variety of French words from day one.
But first, a few comments:
- The second column indicates the part of speech in both languages. However, some words have an additional part of speech in one language that is not a vrai ami in the other, so be sure the part of speech corresponds to what you mean to say.
- For nouns, the French noun gender is also indicated in the second column.
- Many of these are only semi-true friends: they only mean the same thing in certain contexts. So before using these words, double-check their meaning with a native speaker or dictionary to make sure you’re saying what you think you’re saying.
Vrais amis starting with A
abandon | masculine noun |
abattoir | masculine noun |
abdication | feminine noun |
abdomen | masculine noun |
abdominal | adjective |
aberrant | adjective |
aberration | feminine noun |
abject | adjective |
abolition | feminine noun |
abominable | adjective |
abomination | feminine noun |
abracadabra | exclamation |
abrasion | feminine noun |
abrogation | feminine noun |
absence | feminine noun |
absent | adjective |
absinthe | feminine noun |
absolution | feminine noun |
absorption | feminine noun |
abstention | feminine noun |
abstinence | feminine noun |
abstinent | adjective |
abstraction | feminine noun |
acacia | masculine noun |
accent | masculine noun |
accentuation | feminine noun |
accessible | adjective |
accident | masculine noun |
accolade | feminine noun |
accord | masculine noun |
accumulation | feminine noun |
accusation | feminine noun |
acolyte | masculine noun |
acquisition | feminine noun |
action | feminine noun |
acupuncture | feminine noun |
adage | masculine noun |
adaptable | adjective |
adaptation | feminine noun |
addenda | masculine noun |
addition | feminine noun |
adjacent | adjective |
adjectival | adjective |
administration | feminine noun |
admirable | adjective |
admiration | feminine noun |
admission | feminine noun |
admonition | feminine noun |
adolescence | feminine noun |
adolescent | adjective |
adoption | feminine noun |
adorable | adjective |
adoration | feminine noun |
adroit | adjective |
adulation | feminine noun |
adverbial | adjective |
adverse | adjective |
affable | adjective |
affectation | feminine noun |
affection | feminine noun |
affiliation | feminine noun |
affirmation | feminine noun |
affirmative | adjective |
affliction | feminine noun |
affront | masculine noun |
aficionado | masculine noun |
agent | masculine noun |
agile | adjective |
agitation | feminine noun |
agriculture | feminine noun |
air | masculine noun |
album | masculine noun |
alias | adverb |
alliance | feminine noun |
alligator | masculine noun |
allophone | masculine noun |
allusion | feminine noun |
alpha | masculine noun |
alphabet | masculine noun |
altercation | feminine noun |
altitude | feminine noun |
alto | adjective |
amateur | masculine noun |
ambition | feminine noun |
ambivalence | feminine noun |
ambivalent | adjective |
amble | masculine noun |
ambulance | feminine noun |
amoral | adjective |
ample | adjective |
amplification | feminine noun |
amputation | feminine noun |
amusement | masculine noun |
anal | adjective |
ancestral | adjective |
anecdote | feminine noun |
angle | masculine noun |
angora | masculine noun |
animal | masculine noun |
animation | feminine noun |
annihilation | feminine noun |
annotation | feminine noun |
anthrax | masculine noun |
anticipation | feminine noun |
antidote | masculine noun |
antique | adjective |
antisocial | adjective |
apartheid | masculine noun |
aperture | feminine noun |
apocalypse | feminine noun |
apostrophe | feminine noun |
apparent | adjective |
apparition | feminine noun |
applicable | adjective |
application | feminine noun |
appropriation | feminine noun |
approximation | feminine noun |
aptitude | feminine noun |
aquarium | masculine noun |
arable | adjective |
arcade | feminine noun |
architectural | adjective |
architecture | feminine noun |
archives | feminine noun |
argument | masculine noun |
aria | feminine noun |
armistice | masculine noun |
arrogance | feminine noun |
arrogant | adjective |
arsenal | masculine noun |
arsenic | masculine noun |
art | masculine noun |
artefact | masculine noun |
article | masculine noun |
articulation | feminine noun |
artifice | masculine noun |
artisan | masculine noun |
ascension | feminine noun |
aspartame | masculine noun |
aspiration | feminine noun |
assassin | masculine noun |
assertion | feminine noun |
assimilation | feminine noun |
assistance | feminine noun |
association | feminine noun |
assurance | feminine noun |
astral | adjective |
astringent | masculine noun |
atlas | masculine noun |
atoll | masculine noun |
atonal | adjective |
attention | feminine noun |
attitude | feminine noun |
attraction | feminine noun |
attribution | feminine noun |
auburn | adjective |
audible | adjective |
audit | masculine noun |
audition | feminine noun |
augmentation | feminine noun |
aura | feminine noun |
automation | feminine noun |
automobile | feminine noun |
avalanche | feminine noun |
avarice | feminine noun |
avenue | feminine noun |
aversion | feminine noun |
aviation | feminine noun |
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