English-Finnish translations for false cognate

Definition of false cognate

• A word which is identical or similar in both form and meaning to another word, and therefore appears to also be cognate to it, but which is in fact unrelated
• A word that appears identical or similar in form to another word, but is both unrelated in its meaning and of unrelated origin
• A ''false friend'', a word that appears to have the same meaning as a given word, but that does not (without regard to whether or not the two terms are cognate

Related words

• false consciousness
• false cognates
• false economy
• false colour
• false conclusion
• false collar
• false color
• false cork-tree
• compensation for false imprisonment