FAUX AMI

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | 327 words | Copyright

FAUX AMI, also false friend. A term in LANGUAGE TEACHING for a word that has the same origin and general appearance as a word in another language, so that learners mistakenly assume that both have the same meanings and uses: English deceive to trick, French décevoir to disappoint. Compare CONFUSIBLE, DOUBLET. See QUEBEC.

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