"faux ami" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: faux amis [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French faux-ami, from faux (“false”) + ami (“friend”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|faux-ami}} Unadapted borrowing from French faux-ami, {{m|fr|faux||false}} faux (“false”), {{m|fr|ami||friend}} ami (“friend”) Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} faux ami (plural faux amis)
  1. (linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A false friend; one of a pair of words in different languages or dialects that look similar and may be related but that differ significantly in meaning. Categories (topical): Lexicography, Linguistics, Translation studies
    Sense id: en-faux_ami-en-noun-kPdoYxgc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies

Inflected forms

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