false friend

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false friend

(Linguistics) a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda

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Corrivalship false falsely falseness Falser Friendship, Defined untrue			The paltry revenge which that false friend had unhesitatingly suspected him of taking was a revenge of which Arnold's nature was simply incapable. Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context "I'm afraid he was rather a false friend," was the professor's answer. Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context If I had not been a false friend I should not have confided to any one the care of delivering Lyodot and D'Eymeris. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context			false bottom false bracken false buckthorn false bugbane False cadence false calyx false chamomile false cirrus false color film false colour false colours False conception false consciousness False croup false dawn false deathcap false diamond false dogwood False door false dragon head false dragonhead false face False fire false flax false foxglove false friend false fruit False galena false garlic false gavial false glottis false goatsbeard false gromwell false hair false heather false hellebore false imprisonment false indigo false ipecac False jalap false joint false keel false key false labor False leg false lily of the valley False loosestrife false lupine false mallow False membrane false memory syndrome			false drops false drumlin false duplication false ellipse False Emotions Appearing Real false estrus false estrus false estrus False Etymology false evidence False Evidence Appearing Real False Expectations About Reality False Expectations Appearing Real False Experiences Appearing Real false fabrication false face False Face Society False Faces False Fault-Free Set False Financial Statements False fire False Flag False Flag false flax false form false foxglove False foxgloves false friend False friends False front False front False front False front false fruit false fruit false fruits False galena False galena false ganglion false ganglion false ganglion false garlic false garlic false garlic false garlic false gavial False gharial false gid false gid false gid false gid false glottis false glottis False goat's beard false goatsbeard false gromwell false ground false hair

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