false friend

Englanti

Substantiivi

false friend (monikko false friends)

1. (kielitiede) petollinen ystävä, sekaannussana

   The words "conférence" and "lecture", among many others, are false friends for an English speaker learning French and vice versa.

   There are many funny false friends in Estonian for Finnish speakers.

2. petollinen tai epäaito ystävä