Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A word in a language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language, and at least one meaning in common, but not all.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: false friend
History
From partial + false friend.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
