フォザミ

noun

false friend

Linguistics term for a word that looks or sounds similar in two languages but differs in meaning. Compare 空似言葉 (sorani kotoba), a native Japanese equivalent.

from French faux ami

See also: 空似言葉

• フォザミは似にていて意い味みが違ちがう語ごです。

  False friends are words that look similar but differ in meaning.