False Friends in English and Slovak

The following is a website dedicated to the study of false friends (aka 'faux amis') within the language combination of English and Slovak.

You will find a comprehensive list of the most frequently misinterpreted Slovak-English lexical pairs which share many a feature on the

ortographic level of language, but do differ significantly on both the semantic and lexical levels.


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Authored by: Peter Matejov, available at [email protected]

 

 

 

Absolve -- Absolvovať                                Abstinent -- Abstinent                              Abstract -- Abstrakt
Accent -- Akcent                                     Acclaim -- Aklamácia                                Accomplice -- Komplic
Accord -- Akord                                      Act -- Akt                                          Action -- Akcia
Actions -- Akcie                                     Active -- Aktíva                                    Actor -- Aktér
Actual -- Aktuálný                                   Adapt -- Adaptovať                                  Adept -- Adept
Adequate -- Adekvátný                                Adjunct -- Adjunkt                                  Advice -- Avízo
Advocate -- Advokát                                  Affect -- Afekt                                     Agent -- Agent
Aggregate -- Agregát                                 Agony -- Agónia                                     Agitation -- Agitácia
Alley -- Alej                                        Ambulance -- Ambulancia                             Anecdote -- Anekdota
Angina -- Angína                                     Announcement -- Anonca                              Antiques -- Antikvariát
Apartment -- Apartmán                                Approbation -- Aprobácia                            Arch -- Arch
Argument -- Argument                                 Armada -- Armáda                                    Armature -- Armatúra
Aspirer -- Ašpirant                                  Audience -- Audiencia                               Auto -- Auto
Bagel -- Bágl                                        Bugger -- Báger                                     Bar -- Bar
Barracks -- Barák                                    Ballad -- Balada                                    Ballast -- Balast
Basin -- Bazén                                       Battery -- Baterka                                  Bazaar -- Bazár
Benzene -- Benzín                                    Bijou -- Bi�utéria                                  Blame -- Blamá�
Blanket -- Blanket                                   Block -- Blok                                       Box -- Box
Bridge -- Brid�                                      Brigade -- Brigáda                                  Broach -- Bro�
Calendar -- Kalendár                                 Camelot -- Kamelot                                  Canard -- Kanár
Cantor -- Kantor                                     Capsule -- Kapsula                                  Carafe -- Karafa
Caravan -- Karavana                                  Cardiac -- Kardiak                                  Carton -- Kartón
Case -- Kasa                                         Catastrophe -- Katastrofa                           Cause -- Kauza
Caution -- Kaucia                                    Celery -- Celer                                     Central -- Centrála
Channel -- Kanál                                     Character -- Charakter                              Chef -- Šéf
Chic -- Šik                                          Chips -- Čipsy                                      Cipher -- Cifra
Civil -- Civil                                       Class -- Klasa                                      Climate -- Klimatizácia
Clinic -- Klinika                                    Clip -- Klip                                        Closet -- Klozet
Coach -- Kouč                                        Collaborator -- Kolaborant                          Collection -- Kolekcia
Collective -- Kolektív                               Collector -- Kolektor                               College -- Kolaj
Colonial -- Koloniál                                 Colt -- Kolt                                        Concourse -- Konkurz
Concrete -- Konkrétný                                Conflicting -- Konfliktný                           Combinations -- Kombinačky
Combine -- Kombajn                                   Communication -- Komunikácia                        Compact -- Kompakt
Compares -- Kompars                                  Complete -- Komplet                                 Complex -- Komplexný
Complimentary -- Kompliment                          Composite -- Kompozícia                             Comrade -- Kamarád
Concern -- Koncern                                   Concession -- Koncesia                              Concourse -- Konkurz
Concurrence -- Konkurencia                           Condition -- Kondícia                               Confident -- Konfident
Control -- Kontrola                                  Conjunction -- Konjunktúra                          Conserve -- Konzerva
Converse -- Konverzia                                Costume -- Kostým                                   Crash -- Krach
Cravatte -- Kravata                                  Creature -- Kreatúra                                Criminal -- Kriminál
Critique -- Kritik                                   Cure -- Kúra                                        Curious -- Kuriózny
Cylinder -- Cylinder                                 Cymbal -- Cimbál                                    Decent -- Decentný
Definitive -- Definitíva                             Demented -- Dementovaný                             Demise -- Demisia
Democracy -- Demokracia                              Deposit -- Depozícia                                Derby -- Derby
Desk -- Doska                                        Desolate -- Dezolátný                               Detached -- Detašovaný
Discipline -- Disciplína                             Dishonesty -- Dehonestácia                          Dislocation -- Dislokácia
Disposition -- Dispozícia                            Dissent -- Disent                                   Distance -- Dištanc
Diversion -- Diverzia                                Division -- Divízia                                 Dome -- Dóm
Dominant -- Dominanta                                Dose -- Dóza                                        Dotage -- Dotácia
Dramatic -- Dramatik                                 Dress -- Dres                                       Echo -- Echo
Economical -- Ekonomický                             Elaborate -- Elaborát                               Emission -- Emisia
Encase -- Inkaso                                     Engineer -- In�inier                                Essence -- Esencia
Etiquette -- Etiketa                                 Eventual -- Eventuálný                              Evidence -- Evidencia
Exact -- Exaktný                                     Example -- Exemplár                                 Execution -- Exekúcia
Exhibition -- Exhibícia                              Existence -- Existencia                             Expedition -- Expedícia
Expertise -- Expertíza                               Exposition -- Expozícia                             Extra -- Extra
Extravagant -- Extravagantný                         Fabric -- Fabrika                                   Fact -- Fakt
Faded -- Fádný                                       Faggot -- Fagot                                     False -- Faloš
Famous -- Famózný                                    Fantasy -- Fantázia                                 Figure -- Figúra
Filial -- Filiálka                                   Fine -- Fajn                                        Fit -- Fit
Flannel -- Flanel                                    Flask -- Flaška                                     Fluctuation -- Fluktuácia
Folklore -- Folklór                                  Fond -- Fond                                        Form -- Forma
Formal -- Formálný                                   Fraction -- Frakcia                                 Front -- Front
Function -- Funkcia                                  Gallantry -- Galantéria                             Garage -- Gará�
Garnish -- Garny�a                                   Genial -- Geniálný                                  Gloss -- Glosa
Goblin -- Goblén                                     Gramophone -- Gramofón                              Grenade -- Granát
Ground -- Grunt                                      Gourmand -- Gurmán                                  Guarantee -- Garancia
Gum -- Guma                                          Gymnasium -- Gymnázium                              Had -- Had
Hall -- Hala                                         Halo -- Haló                                        Hazard -- Hazard
History -- Historka                                  Hold -- Hold                                        Hopscotch -- Hop-skoč
Host -- Hosť                                         Hymn -- Hymna                                       Institution -- Inštitúcia
Impression -- Impresia                               Impulse -- Impulz                                   Index -- Index
Individual -- Indivíduum                             Insert -- Inzercia                                  Installation -- Inštalácia
Installer -- Inštalatér                              Instigation -- Inscenácia                           Insult -- Inzult
Intelligent -- Inteligent                            Internal -- Internát                                Interpreter -- Interprét
Interruption -- Interupcia                           Invention -- Invencia                               Inventory -- Inventúra
Justice -- Justícia                                  List -- List                                        Liquidation -- Likvidácia
Local -- Lokál                                       Locomotion -- Lokomotíva                            Lustre -- Luster
Magistrate -- Magistrát                              Manifestation -- Manifestácia                       Manipulation -- Manipulácia
Manufacture -- Manufaktúra                           Marmelade -- Marmeláda                              Mass -- Masa
Masquerade -- Maškaráda                              Material -- Materiál                                Maturity -- Maturita
Medium -- Médium                                     Meeting -- míting                                   Merit -- Meritum
Minute -- Minúta                                     Mixer -- Mixér                                      Moderate -- Moderovať
Moderator -- Moderátor                               Monocle -- Monokel                                  Most -- Most
Motive -- Motív                                      Mussel -- Mušľa                                     Mutation -- Mutácia
Naphtha -- Nafta                                     Nervous -- Nervózný                                 Neutral -- Neutrálný
Normal -- Normálný                                   Notice -- Noticka                                   Notorious -- Notorický
Novel -- Novela                                      Null -- Nula                                        Number -- Numero
Object -- Objekt                                     Obligation -- Obligácia                             Obscure -- Obskúrný
Ordinary -- Ordinérný                                Ordination -- Ordinácia                             Original -- Originálný
Overall -- Overal                                    Pamphlet -- Pamfelt                                 Panic -- Panic
Pantomime -- Pantomíma                               Parade -- Paráda                                    Paragon -- Paragón
Paragraph -- Paragraf                                Parapet -- Parapet                                  Parcel -- Parcela
Pardon -- Pardón                                     Part -- Parte                                       Particular -- Partikulárný
Passage -- Pasá�                                     Passive -- Pasíva                                   Pasta -- Pasta
Pathetic -- Patetický                                Penal -- Penál                                      Pension -- Penzión
Personal -- Personál                                 Perspective -- Perspektíva                          Petrol -- Petrolej
Physician -- Fyzik                                   Placard -- Plagát                                   Plastic -- Plastika
Police -- Polica                                     Politic -- Politik                                  Politics -- Politika
Polygraph -- Polygraf                                Practical -- Praktik                                Preference -- Preferencia
Pregnant -- Pregnantný                               Preservative -- Prezervatív                         Prim -- Prim
Primitive -- Primitív                                Principal -- Principál                              Problem -- Problém
Process -- Proces                                    Prominent -- Prominent                              Promotion -- Promócia
Propagation -- Propagácia                            Prospect -- Prospekt                                Protection -- Protekcia
Protector -- Protektor                               Provocation -- Provokácia                           Pudding -- Puding
Quiz -- Kvíz                                         Radical -- Radikál                                  Receipt -- Recept
Recession -- Recesia                                 Reclaim -- Reklama                                  Reclamation -- Reklamácia
Record -- Rekord                                     Recorder -- Rekordér                                Rector -- Rektor
Recuperation -- Rekuperácia                          Reflex -- Reflex                                    Regal -- Regál
Register -- Register                                 Region -- Región                                    Regional -- Ré�ijný
Remittance -- Remitendy                              Rent -- Renta                                       Replica -- Replika
Reprisal -- Repríza                                  Research -- Rešerše                                 Residence -- Rezidencia
Resort -- Rezort                                     Rest -- Rest                                        Restaurateur -- Reštaurátor
Revenge -- Revanš                                    Revere -- Revír                                     Reverse -- Revers
Rifle -- Rifle                                       Rigorousness -- Rigorózum                           Robust -- Robustný
Roman -- Román                                       Rope -- Ropa                                        Sanity -- Sanita
Scenic -- Scénický                                   Script -- Skriptum                                  Seance -- Seansa
Secession -- Secesia                                 Second hand -- Secondhand                           Selection -- Selekcia
Sensation -- Senzácia                                Sensible -- Senzibil                                Sentence -- Sentencia
Semaphore -- Semafór                                 Serious -- Seriózný                                 Service -- Servis
Simulation -- Simulácia                              Siphon -- Syfón                                     Slide -- Slajd
Slip -- Slipy                                        Smoking -- Smoking                                  Solid -- Solídný
Solitaire -- Solitér                                 Sort -- Sorta                                       Spleen -- Splín
Staffing -- Štafá�                                   Static -- Statik                                    Stipend -- Štipendium
Stop -- Stopovať                                     Stool -- Stôl                                       Study -- Štúdia
Sty -- Stajňa                                        Stylist -- Stylista                                 Sump -- �umpa
Supplant -- Suplent                                  Sweater -- Sveter                                   Syllabus -- Sylabus
Sympathetic -- Sympatický                            Table -- Tabuľa / Tablo                             Technique -- Technika
Technical -- Technický                               Term -- Termín                                      Topping -- Topinka
Totality -- Totalita                                 Traffic -- Trafika                                  Trainers -- Trenýrky
Trajectory -- Trajekt                                Tramp -- Tramp                                      Transparent -- Transparentný
Trap -- Trap                                         Trapeze -- Trapas                                   Traverse -- Traverza
Travesty -- Travestie                                Treasure -- Trezor                                  Tricot -- Tričko
Type -- Typ                                          Tyranny -- Týraný                                   Uniform -- Uniforma
Urgency -- Urgencia                                  Use -- Úzus                                         Variant -- Variant
Vest -- Vesta                                        Video -- Video                                      Visit -- Vizita
Vocal -- Vokál                                       Wagon -- Vagón                                      Western -- Western
Wino -- Víno