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False cognates are pairs of words in the same or different languages that are similar in form and meaning but have different roots.
The term false cognates is also used (incorrectly in linguistic terms) for false friends. False friends are words that look similar in different languages, but mean different things. For example, French librairie is a false friend of English library. For the former means bookstore. The actual French for library is bibliotheque.
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