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False friend
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Meaning
Noun
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In Lexicography, Linguistics & Translation studies:
A
word
in
a language
that
bears
a
deceptive
resemblance
to a
word
in another language but
in fact
has a different meaning.
●
Used
other than
figuratively
or
idiomatically
: see
false
, friend.
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Synonyms
Faux Ami
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