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- A word that appears to be cognate (etymologically related) to another given word, but in fact is not.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- 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).
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