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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]]


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<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)<td>murderer

<tr>
<td>nai (&#957;&#945;&#953;) ([[Greek language|Greek]])
<td>nay, no
<td>yes


<tr>
<td>Not ([[German language|German]])
<td>not
<td>need⏎
⏎
<tr>
<td>Novelle ([[German language|German]])<br>
novell ([[Swedish language|Swedish]])<br>
novela ([[Spanish language|Spanish]])
<td>novel
<td>short story

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<td>on ([[Serbian language|Serbian]])
<td>on
<td>he
(contracted; show full)<td>[[ankle]]

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

</table>