pseudo-

See also pseudo

English

Etymology

From combining form of Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudēs, “false, lying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sudo/, SAMPA: /sudo/

Alternative forms

• pseud- (found before vowels, as in pseudepigraphic)

Prefix

pseudo-

1. false, not genuine, fake

   pseudonym

Derived terms

[+] English words prefixed with pseudo-

• pseudoanthropomorphic
• pseudoclass
• pseudocleft
• pseudocode
• pseudoelement
• pseudofruit
• pseudomembrane
• pseudonym
• pseudoparallel, pseudoparallelism
• pseudopod
• pseudoprofound
• pseudoscience, pseudoscientific, pseudoscientist
• pseudostate
• pseudotaxodont

Translations

not genuine

Chinese: Mandarin: 假的- (cmn) (jiǎ de-), 虛擬的- (cmn), 虚拟的- (cmn) (xūnǐ de-) Czech: pa- (cs), pseudo- (cs) Finnish: sala-, vale-, pseudo- French: pseudo- (fr) Greek: ψευδο- (el) (pseudo-)

Hungarian: ál (hu) Icelandic: gervi- (is) Polish: pseudo- (pl) Russian: псевдо- (ru) (psevdo-), лже- (ru) (lže-) Serbian: nadri- Spanish: pseudo- (es), seudo- (es)

pretentious

Finnish: näennäis-, muka-, pseudo- Greek: ψευδο- (el) (pseudo-)

Russian: псевдо- (ru) (psevdo-), лже- (ru) (lže-)

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Arabic: وهمي Tamil: பொய், போலி

See also

• sudo, pseudo

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Czech

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Synonyms

• pa-

Derived terms

• pseudověda

Related terms

• pseudokód
• pseudonym

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French

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

   pseudo-langue - fake language

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Italian

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Prefix

pseudo-

1. False.

Derived terms

• pseudoflavus
• pseudoplatanus

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈps̪ɛwd̪ɔ/

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-