false friend
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
false friend (plural false friends)
- (linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning. The words in question may well be etymologically related, but in such cases semantic shifts have made them drift apart.
- Synonyms: faux ami
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see false, friend
- French: faux-ami
- German: falscher Freund, Übersetzungsfalle
- Italian: falso amico
- Portuguese: falso amigo, heterossemântico
- Russian: ло́жный друг
- Spanish: falso amigo
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