French GCSE
Exact cognates
What Exact cognates means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Exact cognates
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Words which have the same form and essentially the same meaning in French and in English, such as innocent, justice, muscle and rectangle.
Topics that use Exact cognates
- Using cognates and near-cognates - Cognates (AQA GCSE)
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