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false friend
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false friend
n
(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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Et parmi les fE[umlaut]culents, il n'y a pas vraiment de faux amis, sauf les pEotes au beurre, les pommes sautE[umlaut]es ou, bien sE[c]r, les frites.
When Faux Amis are Truly False Friends: "Pas de preservatifs dans mon pain.
 
 
 
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