Crossword-Clue: Words in a foreign language that bear a deceptive resemblance to those in another, like the French "décevoir" ("disappoint") and the English "deceive" 1 answer with 8 letters 💡

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2. figures of speech that express a resemblance between things of different kinds 42.01%
3. Klingon ___ (salamanders named for their resemblance to a "Star Trek" species) 41.71%
4. Designer whose name, as noted by Jean Cocteau, sounds like a portmanteau of the French words for "God" and "gold" 41.13%
5. Last movie to win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar (they since retitled it to Best International Feature Film) 41.11%
6. West Indian language that gave us the words "hammock" and "cassava" 40.20%
7. "La La Land" leading lady (to whom Lucy bears a strong resemblance, per Ross and many other people) 40.00%
8. Title role for Glenn Close (it sounds like a dress, for those of you staring at the 17A crossing) 40.00%
9. Source language for many European tongues 39.34%
10. occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy 38.49%
11. Foreign title that's an anagram of its English equivalent 38.38%
12. Language in which "yes" and "no" are "baat" and "te," respectively 38.38%
13. Only Semitic language that's an official language of the European Union 37.74%
14. Best-selling French-language film to date released in America 37.62%
15. Small New Zealand bird named for its resemblance to the chickadee family 37.56%
16. Linguistic term for a word that's almost the same as another word, like "affect" and "effect" 37.55%
17. TV ___ (what 2022 might be considered, since those are the 20th and 22nd letters) 37.21%
18. Hit song that shares more than a passing resemblance to Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" ... and a hint for four areas … 37.17%
19. English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War 37.17%
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