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Synonyms for false friend

  • noun

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false cousin faux ami

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Noun

1. False cousin — A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a…

false cousin, faux ami

Antonyms

friend

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.

    A word and its false friend may well be etymologically related: in such cases semantic shifts have made them drift apart.