false friend

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌfɒls ˈfɹɛnd/

Noun

(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.

Japanese Meaning

他言語の単語と形や音が似ているために意味が同一だと誤認されやすいが、実際には全く異なる意味を持つ単語。 / 見た目や響きが似ているため、誤って関連付けられるが、本来は意味が一致しない異種の単語。

What is this buttons?

When studying French, she discovered that 'actuellement' is a false friend and doesn't mean 'actually'.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

フランス語を学んでいると、彼女は「actuellement」が実際には「actually」を意味しない、意味が異なる類似語であることを発見した。

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Sense（1）

(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.

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Sense（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see false, friend.

false friends

（ plural ）

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