partial false friend

noun
/ˈpɑɹ.ʃəl fɔls fɹɛnd/US/ˈpɑː.ʃəl fɔːls fɹɛnd/UK

Etymology

From partial + false friend.

Definitions

  1. A word in a language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language, and…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for partial false friend. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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