false cognate

Significado (Inglés)

1. A word that appears to be cognate (etymologically related) to another given word, but in fact is not.
2. (proscribed) A false friend: a word that appears to have the same meaning as another given word, but in fact does not (without regard to whether or not the two terms are cognate).

Sinónimos

false friend

faux ami

Traducións

faux ami

falscher Freund

faux-ami

falso amico

falso cognado