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