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List of false friends
See [[false cognate]], [[false friend]], [[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>brutaal ([[Dutch language|Dutch]])
<td>brutal
<td>bold

<tr>
<td>calzone 
([[Spanish language|Spanish]])
<td>[[calzone]]
<td>underwear

<tr>
<td>canto ([[Latin language|Latin]], [[Italian language|Italian]] or [[Spanish language|Spanish]])
<td>canto
<td>I sing
(contracted; show full)<td>[[ankle]]

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

</table>