Falsos amigos, falsos cognatos, heterossemânticos : uma simples escolha de designações?

Abstract

The false friends dictionary is one of the most interestings developments in the history of the modern lexicography. Althought there is an agreement with the conceptual definition of this lexical phenomenon, the specialized literature uses several unclear designations for this “fait lexique”. This paper aims to show that “false friends” is the only free of contradiction designation for this lexicological matter.