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Faux amis - cours d'anglais 6h662g

Les mots voyagent ! 6e1g2z

Ces mots venus d'ailleurs... on les adopte, on les adapte, on les transforme.

Evolution de certains termes anglais :

                          PACKET-BOAT: c'était un petit vaisseau rapide qui transportait le courrier ( packet: ici  paquet de lettres ) entre Calais et Douvres. Ce mot est devenu en français paque-bot  (1718) puis PAQUEBOT à partir de 1835. Un paquebot est aujourd'hui un grand bâtiment qui prend des voyageurs

Certains mots font des allers-retours entre le français et l'anglais

                          tenez qui se disait TENETZ en vieux français ( mot du serveur au jeu de paume quand il lançait la balle ) s'est transformé en anglais en TENNIS avant de devenir un mot français.Les mots peuvent évoluer avec un sens plus restreint

                         BUILDING       représente en anglais n'importe quel bâtiment

                         BUILDING       en français désigne un bâtiment haut de plusieurs étages

                          ou plus large

                         MOUSSERON    a donné le mot anglais

                         MUSHROOM      qui ne désigne plus un mousseron mais n'importe quel champignon comestible.

Après évolution il y a dans la langue anglaise des mots qui en rappellent d'autres dans la langue française.

              si receive et recevoir ont le même sens ( ce sont de vrais amis ) il n'en est pas de même

             de deceive et décevoir qui ont des sens différents, ce sont des  FAUX AMIS

Il faut se méfier des faux-amis, ils sont à l'origine de nombreux faux sens et contresens.Ces mots sont particulièrement traîtres pour les francophones car la langue anglaise a beaucoup emprunté à la langue française.

              Voici un joli exemple de contresens:

Devant un lieu interdit d'accès vous pouvez trouver une pancarte sur laquelle est écrit

                              TRESERS WILL BE PROSECUTED

                      Défense d'entrer sous peine de poursuites

 Treser : quelqu'un qui s'introduit sans permission dans une propriété privée

 Prosecute  : poursuivre (en justice)

 certains, paraît-il, traduisent

                             LES TREES SERONT PERSECUTES

Voici quelques faux-amis anglais dans la colonne de gauche. En face de chacun d'eux le mot français auquel il fait penser puis la traduction de ce dernier

EVENTUALLY adv                        éventuellement se dit possibly

  It may possibly rain tomorrow

LECTURE n   lecture se dit reading

RESUME v  résumer se dit   sum up

  This text is too long sum it up please

SENSIBLE adj                              sensible se dit sensitive

  He is very sensitive about it (c'est un point très sensible chez lui)

PREJUDICE n                              préjudice se dit damage

  That has done damage to our cause (cela a porté préjudice à notre cause)

DECEIVE v   décevoir se dit disappoint

  He was disappointed with her reply

HAZARD n   hasard se dit chance   : a game of chance

DEMAND v  demander se dit ask

CAVE n    cave se dit cellar

SOCKET n  soquette se dit sock

LARGE adj  large se dit wide ( how wide is this window )

INJURE n  injure se dit insult

 Pourrez-vous trouver la définition de ces faux-amis ?

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1. Eventually adv a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

2. Lecture n a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

3. Resume v a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

4. Sensible adj a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

5. Prejudice n a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

6. Deceive v a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

7. Hazard n a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

8. Demand v a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

9. Cave n a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

10. Socket n a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

11. Large adj a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas

12. Injure n a danger or riska formal talk given to students or other audiencesa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedan underground hollow with access from the ground surfacefinallyhurt,woundof more than average sizeopinion formed before one has adequate knowledgepersuade someone that something false is the truthreasonablerestartto request urgently or peremptorily Je ne sais pas