false cognate
Meaning
- A word that appears to be cognate (etymologically related) to another given word, but in fact is not.
- (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).
Synonyms
Translations
faux ami
falscher Freund
falso amico
falso cognado
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