false friend nell'Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Traduzioni di false friend nel dizionario inglese»francese

false friend SOST LING

false friend

faux ami m

Traduzioni di false friend nel dizionario francese»inglese

faux ami LING

faux ami, false friend (foreign word which looks deceptively like a word in one's own language)

faux frère scherz

false friend

Traduzioni di false friend nel dizionario inglese»francese

I.friend [ingl brit frɛnd, ingl am frɛnd] SOST

1. friend (person one likes):

friend

ami/-e m/f (of de)

he's a friend of my father's

c'est un ami de mon père

to make friends

se faire des amis

to make friends with sb

devenir ami/-e m/f avec qn

to be friends with sb

être ami/-e m/f avec qn

they've been friends for 15 years

ils sont amis depuis 15 ans

to be the best of friends

être les meilleurs amis du monde

to be a good friend to sb (gen)

être un véritable ami

to be a good friend to sb (in crisis)

être un soutien pour qn

he's no friend of mine!

ce n'est pas un ami!

Rosie is a friend of mine

Rosie est une amie

the house belongs to a photographer friend of his

la maison appartient à un photographe de ses amis

we're just good friends

nous sommes amis, c'est tout

that's what friends are for

c'est à ça que servent les amis

let's be friends! (after quarrel)

on fait la paix?

who goes there? friend or foe?

qui va là, ami ou ennemi?

not forgetting our old friend the taxman iron

sans oublier notre cher ami le fisc

friend with benefits colloq

amant-ami m

friend with benefits colloq

sex-friend m

2. friend (supporter, fellow-member, ally):

friend fig

ami/-e m/f

the party has many friends in industry

le parti a des amis influents or de nombreux alliés dans l'industrie

the Friends of Covent Garden

les Amis de Covent Garden

friends in high places

des amis influents

3. friend (familiar object):

friend fig

ami m

this book is an old friend

ce livre est un vieil ami

II.Friend RELIG

Friend

Quaker mf

Friend

Ami/-e m/f

III.friend [ingl brit frɛnd, ingl am frɛnd] VB vb trans colloq (befriend on the Internet)

friend

devenir ami avec

friend

ajouter en ami

IV.friend [ingl brit frɛnd, ingl am frɛnd]

with friends like him/her, who needs enemies?

avec des amis de ce genre, on n'a pas besoin d'ennemis

a friend in need is a friend indeed prov

c'est dans le besoin que l'on connaît ses vrais amis prov

false [ingl brit fɔːls, fɒls, ingl am fɔls] AGG

1. false after sost:

false (mistaken) impression, idea, information

faux/fausse

false belief

erroné

false (proved wrong) allegations, rumour, statement

faux/fausse

their fears/expectations may well prove false

il se peut fort bien que leurs craintes/espoirs s'avèrent sans fondement

a false sense of security

une fausse impression de sécurité

2. false (fraudulent):

false banknotes, passport

faux/fausse

false tax returns, name, address

faux/fausse

to give false information DIR

donner de faux renseignements

to give false evidence DIR

faire un faux témoignage

to bear false witness DIR

porter un faux témoignage

charged with false accounting DIR

inculpé de faux en écritures

3. false (artificial):

false eyelashes, nose, hem

faux/fausse

false attr floor, ceiling

faux/fausse

4. false person (affected, disloyal):

false

faux/fausse

false friend nel dizionario PONS

Traduzioni di false friend nel dizionario inglese»francese

friend [frend] SOST

1. friend (person):

friend

ami(e) m (f)

childhood friend

ami d'enfance

the best of friends

les meilleurs amis du monde

my old friend the taxman scherz, iron

mon cher ami le fisc

a friend of mine/theirs

l'un de mes/leurs amis

to be friends with sb

être ami avec qn

to be just good friends

être bons amis, sans plus

to be a (good) friend to sb

être un véritable ami pour qn

to make friends with sb

se lier d'amitié avec qn

friends at court

des amis influents

2. friend ingl brit (as form of address):

my learned friend DIR

mon cher confrère

my honourable friend POL

mon distingué collègue

3. friend (supporter):

friend

ami m

the friends of a society

les amis d'une société

locuzioni:

with friends like him/her, who needs enemies?

Dieu me garde de mes amis; mes ennemis, je m'en charge!

a friend in need is a friend indeed prov

c'est dans le besoin qu'on connaît ses vrais amis

what are friends for?

c'est à ça que servent les amis!

I.false [fɔ:ls] AGG a. fig

false

faux(fausse)

a false alarm

une fausse alerte

a false imprisonment

une détention arbitraire

a false bottom

un double fond

II.false [fɔ:ls] AVV

to play sb false

trahir qn

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese

When faced with a false friend, memorization and repetition are the keys to mastery.

en.wikipedia.org

If a second language learner relies solely on word associations to learn new vocabulary, that person will have a very difficult time mastering false friends.

en.wikipedia.org

It is indeed a false friend.

en.wikipedia.org

These words are false friends.

en.wikipedia.org

Protectionism can be a seductive but a false friend.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

False friends are also a frequent source of difficulty between speakers of different dialects of the same language.

en.wikipedia.org

The effect of this emergence -- the upsetting of the old balance of power in global affairs - may then expose today's false friends.

www.spiked-online.com

In this time you will have lots of people offering you their help and while the greater majority will have the very best of intentions, beware the false friend.

www.telegraph.co.uk

These false friends can be a source of misunderstanding.

en.wikipedia.org

It's a false friend and not a good idea.

entertainment.ie