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False friends (or faux amis) are pairs of words in two languages or dialects (or letters in two alphabets) that look and/or sound similar, but differ in meaning.. False cognates, by contrast, are similar words in different languages that appear to have a common historical linguistic origin (regardless of meaning) but actually do not.
The origin of the term is as a shortened version of the expression "false friend of a translator", the English translation of a French expression (French: faux amis du traducteur) introduced by Maxime Kœssler and Jules Derocquigny in their 1928 book, [5] with a sequel, Autres Mots anglais perfides.
"Frenemy" is a portmanteau of "friend" and "enemy" that refers to "a person with whom one is friendly, despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry" or "a person who combines the characteristics of a friend and an enemy".
A meeting of the Friends of the ABC. The Friends of the ABC (French: Les Amis de l'ABC), or simply the ABC, is a fictional association of revolutionary French republican students featured in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
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A 15th century manuscript of Amis et Amiles. Amis et Amiles is an old French romance based on a widespread legend of friendship and sacrifice. In its earlier and simpler form it is the story of two friends, one of whom, Amis, was sick with leprosy because he had committed perjury to save his friend. A vision informed him that he could only be ...
French Fried Vacation 3 (French: Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie, lit. ' The sun-tanned ones 3: Friends for life '; released in some English-speaking countries as Friends Forever [2]) is a 2006 French comedy film, and the sequel to Les Bronzés (1978) and Les Bronzés font du ski (1979).
Bardèche represented France under the Comité National Français. On 6 February 1954, he participated in a commemoration of Robert Brasillach held by the neo-fascist group Jeune Nation, along with Pierre Sidos and Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour. [12] With the latter, he co-established in the May 1954 the Rassemblement National Français.