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Read the sentence and decide if the bolded word is a borrowed word, a cognate, a false cognate or an idiomatic expression.

1) L’AVOCAT ne plaide pas aujourd’hui.
A) borrowed word
B) cognate
C) false cognate
D) idiomatic expression

2) LA PHARMACIENNE est gentille
A) borrowed word
B) cognate
C) false cognate
D) idiomatic expression

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Bonjour!

1) The word avocat kind of looks like avocado in English, but it in fact means "lawyer" in French. L'avocat is a false cognate.

Answer:
C) false cognate

2) La pharmacienne appears to mean "pharmacist", and it does! This is a cognate.

Answer:
B) cognate
User Michael Twomey
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Hi,

1) L'avocat :

C) false cognate

2) La pharmacienne :
B) cognate.



User Jim Syyap
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