false cognate

English - Turkish

Definition of false cognate in English Turkish dictionary

(Dilbilim) yanıltıcı eş asıllı

(Dilbilim) yanlış kökteş

English - English

Definition of false cognate in English English dictionary

A false friend, a word that appears to have the same meaning as a given word, but that does not

A word that appears to be cognate to – that is, to have a shared linguistic origin with – a given word, but that is in fact unrelated

Related Terms

false cognates

plural form of false cognate

Hyphenation

false cog·nate