English Explanatory Dictionary

false cognate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A word that appears to be cognate (etymologically related) to another given word, but in fact is not.
  2. 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).

Word forms

false cognate false cognates

Related words

lists of false friends in various languages
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