spurious

WOTD - 27 November 2007    

English

Etymology

From Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), from spurcus (“foul, base, low”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/
• (US) IPA: /ˈspjʊ.ɹi.əs/, /ˈspjɔ.ɹi.əs/

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• Rhymes: -ʊəriəs

Adjective

spurious (comparative more spurious, superlative most spurious)

1. false, not authentic, not genuine
2. (archaic) bastardly, illegitimate

Synonyms

• (false): counterfeit, fake, false, bogus
• See also Wikisaurus:fake
• See also Wikisaurus:illegitimate

Antonyms

• (false): genuine, representative

Derived terms

• spuriously
• spuriousness

Translations

false

Afrikaans: vals (af) Bulgarian: фалшив (bg) Catalan: espuri (ca), fals (ca) Dutch: vals (nl) Estonian: võlts (et) Finnish: väärennetty (fi), väärä (fi) French: faux (fr) German: unecht (de) Hungarian: hamis (hu)

Icelandic: óekta (is) m., falskur (is) m., falsaður (is) m., tál- (is), fals- (is) Indonesian: palsu (id), tiruan (id) Korean: 거짓의 (ko), 속임수의 (ko), 위조된 (ko) Norwegian: falsk (no), uekte (no) Polish: fałszywy, nieprawdziwy, nieautentyczny, podrobiony Russian: ложный (ru) Scottish Gaelic: meallta (gd), mealltach (gd) Spanish: espurio (es), falso (es), mentira (es) Swedish: falsk (sv), förfalskad (sv)

illegitimate

Catalan: espuri (ca), bastard (ca)

Icelandic: óskilgetinn (is) m.