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by jpamata 2523 days ago
It's nothing like it but as a beginner, among the best books I've read about vocabulary are the "Madrigal Magic key to X" series of books by Margarita Madrigal. In it, she breaks down how to convert English words into French, German, etc. If I can recall correctly, here are a few simple examples on French:

1) Words ending with -or: replace the -or with -eur

professor –> professeur, aggressor –> aggreseur

2) Words ending with -ist: just add an e at the end

specialist –> specialiste, artist –> artiste

3) Words ending with -ic: replace it with -ique

romantic –> romantique, fantastic –> fantastique

4) Words ending with -ary: change -ary to -aire

extraordinary –> extraordinaire, solitary –> solitaire

5) Most words ending with -a: replace -a with -e

encyclopedia –> encyclopedie, spatula –> spatule

6) Words that end with, -ine, -ble, -ance, and -ion are also spelled the same way in French.

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I was told that there are many English-French false friends.

Vide Casually Explained on French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a69toGGjoO0