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This appendix contains relations between the languages English and French.
Cognates and other similar words with the same meaning
At least one meaning is the same.
Identical spelling
Countries and regions
Diacritics, capitalisation, hyphens, spaces
Differences: diacritics, capitalisation, hyphens, spaces
Infinitive ending e/er
Differences: infinitive ending e/er, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending -/er
Differences: infinitive ending -/er, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending -/re
Differences: infinitive ending -/re, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending -/ir
Differences: infinitive ending -/ir, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending e/ir
Differences: infinitive ending e/ir, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending ish/ir
Differences: infinitive ending ish/ir, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending y/ier
Differences: infinitive ending y/ier, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending de/ser
Differences: infinitive ending de/ser, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending ate/er
Differences: infinitive ending ate/er, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending cate/quer
Differences: infinitive ending cate/quer, diacritics, capitalisation
Infinitive ending (ize or ise)/iser
Differences: (ize or ise)/iser, diacritics, capitalisation
- actualize, actualise - actualiser
- anglicize, anglicise - angliciser
- antagonize, antagonise - antagoniser
- atomize, atomise - atomiser
- automatize, automatise - automatiser
- canalize, canalise - canaliser
- canonize, canonise - canoniser
- capitalize, capitalise - capitaliser
- categorize, categorise - catégoriser
- centralize, centralise - centraliser
- civilize, civilise - civiliser
- collectivize, collectivise - collectiviser
- commercialize, commercialise - commercialiser
- criminalize, criminalise - criminaliser
- customize, customise - customiser
- exorcize, exorcise - exorciser
- familiarize, familiarise - familiariser
- fertilize, fertilise - fertiliser
- finalize, finalise - finaliser
- formalize, formalise - formaliser
- legalize, legalise - légaliser
- localize, localise - localiser
- maximize, maximise - maximiser
- minimize, minimise - minimiser
- mobilize, mobilise - mobiliser
- modernize, modernise - moderniser
- optimize, optimise - optimiser
- organize, organise - organiser
- pasteurize, pasteurise - pasteuriser
- polarize, polarise - polariser
- realize, realise - réaliser
- specialize, specialise - se spécialiser
- stabilize, stabilise - stabiliser
- symbolize, symbolise - symboliser
- synchronize, synchronise - synchroniser
- terrorize, terrorise - terroriser
- tyrannize, tyrannise - tyranniser
- visualize, visualise - visualiser
Ending ism/isme
Differences: ending ism/isme, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending ist/iste
Differences: ending ist/iste, diacritics, capitalisation
- artist - artiste m., f.
- atheist - athéiste m., f.
- communist - communiste m., f.
- fascist - fasciste m., f.
- harpist - harpiste m., f.
- journalist - journaliste m., f.
- organist - organiste m., f.
- pianist - pianiste m., f.
- racist - raciste m., f.
- realist - réaliste m., f.
- socialist - socialiste m., f.
- terrorist - terroriste m., f.
- tourist - touriste m., f.
Ending -/e
Differences: ending -/e, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending a/e
Differences: ending a/e, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending e/-
Differences: ending e/-, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending y/ie
Differences: ending y/ie, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending y/ie, other differences
Differences: ending y/ie, other differences
Ending ty/té
Differences: ending ty/té, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending ty/té, other differences
Differences: ending ty/té, other differences
Ending ia/ie
Differences: ending ia/ie, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending ia/ie, other differences
Differences: ending ia/ie, other differences
Ending or/eur
Differences: ending eur/or, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending or/eur, other differences
Differences: ending eur/or, other differences
Ending ian/ien
Differences: ending ian/ien, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending al/el
Differences: ending al/el, diacritics, capitalisation
Ending ive/if
Differences: ending ive/if, diacritics, capitalisation
Adjective ending ic/ique
Differences: adjective ending ic/ique, diacritics, capitalisation
Adjective ending ical/ique
Differences: adjective ending ical/ique, diacritics, capitalisation
Double letters in the English word
Differences: double letters in the English word, diacritics, capitalisation
Double letters in the French word
Differences: double letters in the French word, diacritics, capitalisation
Insert one letter
Differences: insert one letter, diacritics, capitalisation
Remove one letter
Differences: remove one letter, diacritics, capitalisation
Substitute one letter
Differences: substitute one letter, diacritics, capitalisation
Exchange two neighbouring letters
Differences: exchange two neighbouring letters, diacritics, capitalisation
Other similar words
False friends
Pseudo-loans and calques
Pseudo-gallicisms in English
Pseudo-anglicisms in French
In some cases, French borrowed English words where it has a usage not found in English, or does not exist in English. This is particularly common in European French, but is generally frowned upon in Quebec French. Examples are:
One common form of forming pseudo-anglicism in French is adding the prefix -ing to words from English.
French calques from English
While French has incorporated English words as either loanwords and pseudo-anglicisms, other have entered French as word-by-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translations of the English. This is particularly common in Canadian French. Examples are:
See also