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List of false friends
See [[false cognate]], [[list of words]], [[list of reference tables]], [[List of English-French Faux Amis]]


<table border=1>
<caption>Examples of false friends between [[English language|English]] and other languages</caption>
<tr>
<th>Non-English word
<th>Which resembles English
(contracted; show full)<tr>
<td>bald ([[German language|German]])
<td>[[bald]]
<td>soon

<tr>
<td>barn ([[Swedish language|Swedish]])
<td>[[barn
 (building)|barn]]
<td>child, children

<tr>
<td>beg ([[Manx language|Manx]])
<td>big
<td>little

(contracted; show full)<td>[[ankle]]

<tr>
<td>you (&#26377;) ([[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]])
<td>you
<td>to have

</table>