false cognate

短语

词形变化

false cognates 复数 false cognates

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A word that appears to be cognate (etymologically related) to another given word, but in fact is not.

  2. 2.

    A false friend: a word that appears to have the same meaning as another given word, but in fact does not (without regard to whether or not the two terms are cognate).