mendacious

English

Etymology

From Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

mendacious (comparative more mendacious, superlative most mendacious)

1. (of a person) lying, untruthful or dishonest
2. (of a statement etc) false or untrue

Translations

lying, untruthful or dishonest

Chinese: 说谎的 (shuōhuǎng de) Czech: prolhaný (cs) Dutch: leugenachtig (nl), oneerlijk (nl) Finnish: valheellinen (fi) French: fallacieux (fr), mensonger (fr) German: lügnerisch (de), verlogen (de) Hebrew: שקרן (he), לא ישר (he) Hungarian: hazug (hu), hazudozó (hu)

Italian: mendace (it) Japanese: 虚偽の (ja) (kyogi no) Portuguese: mentiroso (pt) Romanian: mincinos (ro) Russian: лживый (ru) (lžívyj) Spanish: mentiroso (es), embustero (es) m. Swedish: lögnaktig (sv)

false or untrue

Chinese: 虚假的 (xūjiǎ de) Czech: lživý (cs) Dutch: vals (nl), onwaar (nl) Finnish: valheellinen (fi) French: faux (fr), trompeux (fr)

Hungarian: hamis (hu) Italian: falso (it) Japanese: 虚偽の (ja) (kyogi no) Romanian: mincinos (ro) Spanish: falso (es) m.