false

English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English fals (“false, fraud, falsehood”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Uncommon before the 12 century, the word was reinforced in Middle English by Norman fals (compare Old French faus), eventually displacing native Middle English les, lese (“false”), from Old English lēas; See lease, leasing.

For spelling, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in falls, and does not change the vowel (‘a’). Compare else, pulse, convulse.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /fɑls/, /fɔls/

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Adjective

false (comparative falser, superlative falsest)

1. Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
2. Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
3. Spurious, artificial (as in false teeth).
4. (logic) A state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

Synonyms

• lease
• See also false

Antonyms

• (untrue): real, true

Derived terms

false attack false dawn false friend falsehood

falseness falsify falsity

Related terms

• falsifiable

Translations

untrue, not factual, wrong

Arabic: زائف (ar) (zaa'if) Armenian: կեղծ (hy) (keġç), սխալ (hy) (sxal) Chinese: Mandarin: 假 (cmn) (jiǎ), 虛偽 (cmn), 虚伪 (cmn) (xūwěi), 虛假 (cmn), 虚假 (cmn) (xūjiǎ) Crimean Tatar: yañlış Czech: nepravdivý (cs) m. Danish: falsk (da) Dutch: onwaar (nl), vals (nl), fout (nl), onjuist (nl) Esperanto: malvera (eo) Finnish: valheellinen, epätosi, väärä, vale- (prefix) French: faux (fr), incorrect (fr) German: falsch (de), unwahr (de) Greek: ψευδής (el) (pseuðís) Hebrew: שקרי (he) (shikrí) m., לא נכון (he) (ló nakhón) m. Hungarian: hamis (hu) Indonesian: salah (id) Interlingua: false

Irish: bréagach (ga), bréige (ga) Italian: falso (it), errato (it), bugiardo (it) m. Japanese: 虚偽 (ja) (きょぎ, kyogi), 偽の (ja) (にせの, nise-no) Latin: falsus (la), mendax (la) Latvian: nepareizs (lv), kļūdains (lv) Lithuanian: klaidingas (lt), neteisingas (lt) Polish: fałszywy, nieprawdziwy Portuguese: falso (pt), errado (pt) Romanian: fals, neadevăr Russian: фальшивый (ru) (fal'šívyj), ложный (ru) (lóžnyj), неправильный (ru) (neprávil'nyj) Scottish Gaelic: breugach (gd), fuadain (gd) Spanish: falso (es) Swedish: falsk (sv), osann (sv) Turkish: yanlış (tr), yalan (tr) Volapük: dobik (vo), neveratik (vo) Welsh: anwir, anghywir

spurious, artificial

Armenian: կեղծ (hy) (keġç) Danish: kunstig (da) Dutch: vals (nl), onecht (nl) Finnish: teko- (prefix), keino- (prefix) French: faux (fr), artificiel (fr) German: falsch (de), unecht (de) Greek: ψευδής (el) (pseuðís), πλαστός (el) (plastós), κίβδηλος (el) (kívðilos), νόθος (el) (nóθos) Hebrew: מזוייף (he) (mezuyáf) m., תותב (he) (totáv) m. (=prosthetic), תותבת (he) (totévet) f. (=prosthetic) Indonesian: buatan Interlingua: false Irish: bréag- (ga), bréagach (ga), bréige (ga), falsa (ga)

Italian: posticcio (it), finto (it) Latvian: viltots (lv), mākslīgs  (lv) Lithuanian: dirbtinis (lt), netikras (lt) Polish: sztuczny (pl) Portuguese: falso (pt), artificial (pt) Romanian: fals, artificial, contrafăcut Scottish Gaelic: breugach (gd), meallta (gd), mealltach (gd), fuadain (gd) Spanish: postizo (es) Swedish: konstgjord (sv) Turkish: yapay (tr), sahte (tr)

state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result

Dutch: onwaar (nl), vals (nl) Finnish: epätosi (fi) French: faux (fr) German: falsch (de) Hebrew: שקרי (he) (shikrí) m. Hungarian: hamis (hu)

Irish: bréagach (ga) Italian: falso (it) Portuguese: falso (pt) Romanian: fals (ro) n. Swedish: falskt (sv) Turkish: yanlış (tr)

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Catalan: fals#Catalan Ido: falsa

Indonesian: palsu Spanish: falso, falaz

Anagrams

• fleas
• leafs

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Italian

Adjective

false pl.

1. feminine form of falso

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Latin

Noun

false

1. vocative singular of falsus

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Spanish

Verb

false (infinitive falsar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of falsar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of falsar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of falsar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of falsar.