partial false friend

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English

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Etymology

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From partial +‎ false friend.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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partial false friend (plural partial false friends)

  1. (linguistics, uncommon) 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.
    Hypernym: false friend
Examples

The Spanish word acción sometimes translates to the English word action, but not always.

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