Some “false friends” (faux amis)

Merriam-Webster’s French-English Dictionary (2000)

According to Wikipedia, this term is a shortened form of the expression “false friends of the translator” (faux amis du traducteur): words in two languages which look or sound similar, but differ significantly in meaning. Here is my ever-growing list:

French word	meaning	comment
résumer vt	to summarize	not “to resume”
décevoir vt	to disappoint	not “to deceive”
réaliser vt	to carry out, produce, achieve	not “to realize” in a mental sense
ignorer vt	to be unaware of	not “to ignore”
délivrer vt	to set free, to issue, award, hand over	not “to deliver”
déception nf	disappointment	not “deception”
librairie nf	bookstore	not “library”
éventuel adj	possible	not “eventual”
éventuellement adv	possibly	not “eventually”
actuel adj	current, present	not “actual”
actuellement adv	currently, presently	not “actually”