False friend

[Nightmare85]

Hello,
How should I call a guy who plays the friend but isn't really a friend?
As far as I know a false friend is used in languages.
I'll try to explain it better:
An English word that sounds very similar to another word from another language.
German:
aktuell
English:
actual -> wrong -> False friend
current -> right

But as said: I'm looking for the human false friend
Can I use false friend anyway?

My dictionairy gave me these other versions:
faux ami
pussyole
:?:

Cheers!

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello,
How should I call a guy who plays the friend but isn't really a friend?
As far as I know a false friend is used in languages.
I'll try to explain it better:
An English word that sounds very similar to another word from another language.
German:
aktuell
English:
actual -> wrong -> False friend
current -> right

But as said: I'm looking for the human false friend
Can I use false friend anyway?

My dictionairy gave me these other versions:
faux ami
pussyole
:?:

Cheers!

Maybe a "fake friend"?

 

[sarat_106]

Hello,
How should I call a guy who plays the friend but isn't really a friend?
As far as I know a false friend is used in languages.
I'll try to explain it better:
An English word that sounds very similar to another word from another language.
German:
aktuell
English:
actual -> wrong -> False friend
current -> right

But as said: I'm looking for the human false friend
Can I use false friend anyway?

My dictionairy gave me these other versions:
faux ami
pussyole
:?:

Cheers!

‘False’ and Fake’ are normally used in English. However, we sometimes also use the following depending on the context:
A treacherous friend,
An unfaithful friend,
A traitorous friend

 

[Ouisch]

"False friend" is correct English and would be understood by the listener, but the more common term in AmE is "fake friend." Joan Jett even wrote a song about Fake Friends many years ago.

 

[magimagicE]

Your "friend" shall hence forth be called a "Judas" - the type of person who will betray you in the end, and is not to be trusted.

Example:

Tom: So, you ditched your girlfriend?
Harry: Yeah, caught her on the bathroom floor with that Judas Richard.
Tom: That bastard! When?
Harry: Last Wednesday morning. I forgot my laptop on the way to the office, so headed home to get it,...