Dictionary.com definition of "false cognate."
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“False Cognate,” Dictionary.com, accessed October 29, 2025
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false cognate
[fawls kog-neyt]
noun
Linguistics.
1 a word in one language that is similar in form or sound to a word in another language but has a different meaning and is not etymologically related: for example, Spanish burro “donkey” and Italian burro “butter” are false cognates.
2 (loosely) a word in one language that is similar in form or sound to a word in another language but has a different meaning and may or may not be etymologically related; a false friend.
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