"True Cognates"????
Source: http://www.anglais5minutes.fr/vocabulaire-anglais-true-cognates-1/
Si on parle souvent des « faux-amis » en anglais, il faut aussi savoir qu’un grand nombre de mots s’écrivent et s’utilisent de la même façon en français et en anglais, peut-être plus que dans n’importe quelle autre langue ! On les appelles les « true cognates ».
Pourquoi cela ? C’est assez simple, la France et l’Angleterre sont non seulement voisines mais ont également une large histoire commune. Les deux pays, historiquement rivaux ont eu de nombreux contacts (Guerre de Cent Ans par exemple) qui ont permis à de nombreux mots de passer la barrière de la langue.
De plus, même la haute cour anglaise a, pendant un temps, parlé en français.
Il existe donc un nombre extraordinaire de mots français qui sont utilisés de la même manière, avec la même signification dans la langue anglaise.
Rassurez-vous, je ne vais pas vous mettre la liste complète ! J’en ai sélectionné pour vous environ 1700, qui seront séparés en deux articles.
Voici cette fameuse liste, des lettres A à I :
| abandon | calorie | diatribe | gratitude |
| abattoir | calypso | dictatorial | gravitation |
| abdication | camaraderie | diction | grimace |
| abdomen | camouflage | diesel | groggy |
| abdominal | camp | diffusion | grotesque |
| aberrant | campus | digestible | guide |
| aberration | canal | digestion | habitable |
| abject | cancer | digital | habitat |
| abolition | candidature | digression | habitation |
| abominable | capable | dilapidation | hallucination |
| abomination | capital | diligent | halo |
| abracadabra | capitulation | dilution | hamster |
| abrasion | capsule | dimension | handicap |
| abrogation | capture | diminution | hangar |
| absence | carafe | diode | harangue |
| absent | caramel | direct | harem |
| absinthe | carat | direction | harmonica |
| absolution | carbonate | disciple | herbicide |
| absorption | cardigan | discipline | herbivore |
| abstention | cardinal | disco | hexagonal |
| abstinence | caricature | discordant | hiatus |
| abstinent | carnage | discrimination | hibernation |
| abstraction | carnivore | discussion | hibiscus |
| accent | cartilage | dislocation | hobby |
| accentuation | carton | disposition | hockey |
| accessible | cascade | dissection | homophone |
| accident | casino | dissension | hooligan |
| accolade | cassette | dissident | horde |
| accord | caste | dissipation | horizon |
| accumulation | castration | dissolution | horizontal |
| accusation | catalogue | dissonant | hormonal |
| acquisition | catamaran | distance | hormone |
| action | catastrophe | distant | horoscope |
| acupuncture | catharsis | distillation | horrible |
| adage | cathode | distinct | horticulture |
| adaptable | causal | distinction | hostile |
| adaptation | cause | distraction | humble |
| addenda | cavalcade | distribution | hyperbole |
| addition | caviar | district | hypocrite |
| adjacent | cellulite | diva | iceberg |
| adjectival | cellulose | divan | identifiable |
| administration | censure | divergence | identification |
| admirable | central | divergent | idiot |
| admiration | certain | diversification | igloo |
| admission | certification | diversion | ignorance |
| admonition | certitude | divisible | ignorant |
| adolescence | cervical | division | illumination |
| adolescent | chagrin | divorce | illusion |
| adoption | champion | docile | illustration |
| adorable | chaos | doctoral | image |
| adoration | chaperon | doctrine | imaginable |
| adroit | charade | document | imagination |
| adulation | charitable | documentation | imitable |
| adverse | charlatan | dollar | imitation |
| affectation | chaste | domestication | immature |
| affection | chauffeur | dominance | immense |
| affiliation | chignon | domination | immersion |
| affirmation | chinchilla | domination | immigrant |
| affirmative | chintz | dominion | immigration |
| affliction | choral | domino | imminent |
| affront | chrome | donation | immobile |
| aficionado | chromosome | dorsal | immoral |
| agent | cigarette | dosage | impact |
| agile | circuit | dose | impartial |
| agitation | civil | double | impatience |
| agriculture | clam | dragon | impatient |
| air | clan | drainage | impeccable |
| album | clarification | drive | imperceptible |
| alias | classification | duel | imperfection |
| alliance | client | dune | impertinence |
| alligator | clone | duo | impertinent |
| allophone | coagulant | dupe | implacable |
| allusion | coagulation | duplex | implant |
| alphabet | coalition | duplication | implication |
| altercation | cobalt | effervescence | import |
| altitude | cobra | effervescent | importance |
| alto | code | efficient | important |
| amateur | coefficient | effort | importation |
| ambition | cognition | ego | imposition |
| ambivalence | collaboration | embargo | impossible |
| ambivalent | collage | empire | impression |
| amble | collation | employable | improbable |
| ambulance | collection | encouragement | impromptu |
| amoral | collision | endurance | improvisation |
| ample | collusion | engagement | impudent |
| amplification | colonel | enviable | impulsion |
| amputation | colonial | enzyme | inaccessible |
| amusement | coloration | errant | inaction |
| anal | colossal | ersatz | inadmissible |
| ancestral | coma | escalator | inauguration |
| anecdote | combat | estimable | incapable |
| angle | combustible | estimation | incarnation |
| angora | combustion | eucalyptus | incessant |
| animal | commandant | exact | incidence |
| animation | commando | exaltation | incident |
| annihilation | commencement | excavation | incision |
| annotation | commensurable | excellence | inclination |
| anthrax | commerce | excellent | inclusion |
| anticipation | commercial | exception | incomparable |
| antidote | commission | excitable | incompatible |
| antique | communal | exclusion | inconsolable |
| antisocial | communicable | excommunication | incorrect |
| apartheid | communication | excursion | incorrigible |
| aperture | communion | excusable | incrimination |
| apocalypse | compact | excuse | incubation |
| apostrophe | comparable | exfoliation | indestructible |
| apparent | compassion | exhibition | indication |
| apparition | compatible | exhortation | indigent |
| applicable | concave | existence | indigestion |
| application | concentration | exorbitant | indignation |
| appropriation | concept | expansion | indigo |
| approximation | conception | expert | indirect |
| aptitude | concert | expiration | indispensable |
| aquarium | concession | explicable | indistinct |
| arable | conciliation | exploit | indivisible |
| arcade | conclusion | exploitation | indolent |
| architectural | concordance | exploration | indubitable |
| architecture | condensation | explosion | indulgence |
| archives | condiment | export | indulgent |
| argument | condition | exportation | inexact |
| aria | confession | exposition | inexcusable |
| armistice | confetti | expression | inexplicable |
| arrogance | configuration | expulsion | infantile |
| arrogant | confinement | extermination | infatuation |
| arsenal | confirmation | extinction | infection |
| arsenic | confrontation | extraction | infernal |
| art | confusion | extradition | infertile |
| artefact | congestion | extravagance | infestation |
| article | conjecture | extravagant | infiltration |
| articulation | conjugal | extroversion | inflammable |
| artifice | connotation | exultation | inflammation |
| artisan | conscience | fable | inflation |
| ascension | constellation | façade | influence |
| aspartame | consternation | face | information |
| aspiration | constitution | facial | infraction |
| assassin | constriction | faction | infrastructure |
| assertion | construction | famine | infusion |
| assimilation | consul | fanfare | ingratitude |
| assistance | consultant | fascination | inhalation |
| association | contact | fatal | inhibition |
| assurance | contagion | fax | inimitable |
| astral | contamination | ferment | initial |
| astringent | contemplation | fermentation | initiation |
| atlas | continent | fertile | initiative |
| atoll | continental | fervent | injection |
| attention | contingent | festival | injustice |
| attitude | continuation | fiasco | innocence |
| attraction | continuum | fiction | innocent |
| attribution | contour | figurine | innovation |
| auburn | contraception | filiation | inoculation |
| audible | contraction | film | insatiable |
| audit | contradiction | filtration | inscription |
| audition | contribution | final | insecticide |
| augmentation | contrite | finale | insertion |
| aura | contrition | finance | insinuation |
| automation | contusion | finesse | insolence |
| automobile | convalescence | fiscal | insolent |
| avalanche | convalescent | fissure | insoluble |
| avarice | convention | fixation | inspection |
| avenue | convergence | fjord | inspiration |
| aversion | convergent | flagellation | installation |
| aviation | conversation | flamboyant | instigation |
| badge | conversion | flamenco | instinct |
| badminton | conviction | flatter | institution |
| baffle | convivial | flexible | instruction |
| ballet | coordination | floral | instrument |
| balsa | cordial | fluorescent | insubordination |
| banal | corpulence | flux | insupportable |
| bandage | corpulent | focal | insurrection |
| bandit | corral | folklore | intact |
| banjo | correct | force | intangible |
| banquet | correction | forceps | intellect |
| baptismal | corridor | format | intelligence |
| barbecue | corroboration | formulation | intelligent |
| barge | corrosion | fort | intelligible |
| baron | corruption | forte | intense |
| barracuda | corset | fortification | intention |
| barrage | cosmos | fortune | interaction |
| barricade | costume | forum | interception |
| base | cottage | fraction | interchangeable |
| bastion | couple | fracture | interface |
| bazooka | coupon | fragile | interjection |
| beatnik | courage | fragment | interlude |
| beige | cousin | fragrance | interminable |
| bible | coyote | fragrant | intermission |
| bicarbonate | credo | fratricide | intermittent |
| biceps | crescendo | friction | international |
| bifocal | crevasse | frontal | interrogation |
| bigot | crime | frugal | interruption |
| bikini | crocodile | fruit | intersection |
| bile | crocus | frustration | intervention |
| biscuit | crucial | fuchsia | interview |
| bison | cruel | fuselage | intestinal |
| bistro | cube | fusion | intimidation |
| bizarre | culture | futile | intoxication |
| blazer | cumin | gadget | intrigue |
| blizzard | curable | gain | introduction |
| boa | curry | gala | introspection |
| bonus | cycle | gambit | introversion |
| boomerang | cyclone | gamma | intrusion |
| boulevard | dahlia | gangster | intuition |
| bouquet | dandy | garage | invariable |
| bourgeois | danger | gazelle | invasion |
| boycott | date | gel | invention |
| bracelet | dealer | gestation | inverse |
| bran | débâcle | gesticulation | inversion |
| brave | débutante | ghetto | investigation |
| bravo | décolletage | ginseng | investiture |
| brigade | delta | glacial | invincible |
| brigand | dense | glacier | invisible |
| brochure | dental | globe | invitation |
| bronze | descendant | glorification | ion |
| brusque | description | glucose | iota |
| brutal | desperado | gluten | iridescent |
| brute | dessert | gnome | iris |
| budget | destination | golf | irrigable |
| bungalow | destitution | gourmet | irrigation |
| cactus | destructible | gradient | irritable |
| cage | destruction | graduation | irritant |
| calcification | diagonal | graffiti | irritation |
| calcium | dialectal | granule | isolation |
| calculable | dialogue | graphite | isotope |
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