FALSE FRIEND


Meaning of FALSE FRIEND in English

ˌfalse ˈfriend BrE AmE noun [countable]

1 . a word in a foreign language that is similar to one in your own, so that you wrongly think they both mean the same thing

2 . someone who seems to be your friend but is not

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.