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false friend noun

  /ˌfɑls ˈfɹɛnd/ , /ˌfɒls ˈfɹɛnd/ , /ˌfɔls ˈfɹɛnd/ , /ˌfɔːls ˈfɹɛnd/
  • (linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.
 väärä ystävä, petollinen ystävä, sekaannussana
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