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This page had been devised by a French teacher for his  students, so that it  is unfortunately  likely to be useless for speakers of other languages, except perhaps (?) Italian and Spanish native speakers.

Here, you will find  a list of 'faux amis' and their translation, then a crossword puzzle using these words.
 

(Page 2:  Answer sheet. This page  also  displays  another crossword puzzle, but using 'wrong' defintions ( the misleading French words, actually). However, the colleague who has written these exercises says that although this could have been  an amusing idea,  it finally did not prove very interesting.)

Contributed by  Jean ROY
  Many thanks to him

Note: another list of 'faux amis' can be found in the Databank ( item #22, Students' Toolbox)

 
 
 

to accommodate	loger		accommoder	to prepare
to achieve	réaliser		achever	to complete
actually	en fait		actuellement	at present; currently
to attend	assister		attendre	to wait for
caution	prudence		caution	guarantee
to charge	faire payer		charger	to load
chart	graphique		charte	charter
close (adj.)	proche		clos	closed
commodity	marchandise		commodité	convenience
to contemplate	envisager		contempler	to gaze at
copy	exemplaire		copie	reproduction
current	actuel		courant	usual
to deceive	tromper		décevoir	to disappoint
delay	retard		délai	time limit
deliver	livrer		délivrer	to free; to release
to dispose of	se débarrasser de		disposer	to arrange
eventually	finalement		éventuellement	possibly
evidence	preuve		évidence	obviousness
extra	supplémentaire		extra	first-rate
figure	silhouette; chiffres		figure	face
hazard	danger		hasard	chance
inconvenient	inopportun		inconvénient	disadvantage; downside
inhabited	habité		inhabité	uninhabited
injury	blessure		injure	insult
invaluable	inestimable		non valable	invalid
issue	problème; numéro (journal)		issue	way out
lecture	conférence; cours magistral		lecture	reading
library	bibliothèque		librairie	bookshop
location	emplacement		location	renting
mechanic	mécanicien		mécanique	engineering
petrol	essence		pétrole	oil; petroleum
photograph	photographie		photographe	photographer
phrase	locution		phrase	sentence
to prevent	empêcher		prévenir	to warn
proper	adéquat		propre	clean
to recover	se rétablir		recouvrir	to cover
refuse	déchets		refus	refusal
to regard	considérer		regarder	to look at
to relieve	soulager		relever	to lift
to resume	recommencer		résumer	to sum up
rude	grossier		rude	rough; hard
sensible	raisonnable		sensible	sensitive
socket	douille		socquette	sock
store	grand magasin		store	blind; shade
to supply	fournir		supplier	to beg
surname	nom de famille		surnom	nickname
to survey	examiner		surveiller	to watch; to supervise
sympathetic	compatissant		sympathique	nice; friendly
valid	valable		valide	fit
versatile	polyvalent		versatile	fickle

...et pour corser le problème, n'oubliez pas que de nombreux mots (case; form; hold-up; mark; mass; mess; plant; ..) ont plusieurs sens!
 
 

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ACROSS	ACROSS	DOWN	DOWN
2. polyvalent   4. soulager   6. finalement   7. essence   9. problème   11. nom de famille   13. empêcher   14. conférence   16. inopportun   17. exemplaire   18. se rétablir   20. locution   21. retard   23. compatissant	26. emplacement   27. tromper   29. danger   31. considérer   32. graphique   34. blessure   35. en fait   36. grossier   37. faire payer   40. chiffres   42. assister   43. adéquat   44. fournir	1. réaliser   3. inestimable   5. envisager   6. preuve   8. livrer   10. raisonnable   11. douille   12. mécanicien   15. déchets   17. marchandise   19. valable	20. photographie   22. grand magasin   24. loger   25. habité   28. prudence  .30.supplémentaire                    33.actuel   38 bibliothèque  39. examiner   41. recommencer

Page 2 (  Answer key +  puzzle with "wrong" definitions)
 
 

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