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Mistakable French : a faux amis and key words by Thody, Philip Malcolm Waller, 1928- is a travel available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mistakable French : a faux amis and key words about?

This book is a dictionary and guide to 1,000 words which look alike in French and English but are faux amis -- false friends indeed. Thus the French word colon means a colonial settler, patron can be a pattern (as for a dress) or an employer, while defiance means distrust, une bombe can mean art insect spray or also an elaborate dessert! And impotent is not necessarily sexually impotent, which in French is impuissant, but seriously crippled. The individual entries also provide the wide social and cultural context within which the words are used in French. This book is very instructive as well as great fun.

Who reads Mistakable French : a faux amis and key words?

Author

Thody, Philip Malcolm Waller, 1928-

Publisher

Hippocrene Books, 1998, c1985.

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780781806497

Category

travel

Subjects

Travel, Language Learning, Lifestyle

Rating

5 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14