fals

See also: FALS, FALs, and fALS

English

Alternative forms

• fils

Etymology

From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ /⁠fuləsā, filas⁠/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of fool.

Noun

fals (plural fulus)

1. (numismatics, Middle Ages) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.

Anagrams

• Salf, fasl

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin falsus (“false”). First attested in the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfals]
• Rhymes: -als
• Homophone: falç

Adjective

fals (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falses)

1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Derived terms

• falsament

Related terms

• falsar
• falsedat
• falsejar

Further reading

• “fals” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fals” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fals” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin falsus.

Adjective

fals

1. false

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German valsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒlʃ]
• Hyphenation: fals
• Rhymes: -ɒlʃ

Adjective

fals (comparative falsabb, superlative legfalsabb)

1. false (not well-founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous)

   Synonyms: hamis, téves, helytelen, ál-

   fals érvelés ― false argumentation

   fals pozitív ― false positive

   fals nyom ― false track

2. (music) out of tune, off-key, wrong

   fals hang ― wrong note

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fals	falsak
accusative	falsat	falsakat
dative	falsnak	falsaknak
instrumental	falssal	falsakkal
causal-final	falsért	falsakért
translative	falssá	falsakká
terminative	falsig	falsakig
essive-formal	falsként	falsakként
essive-modal	falsul	—
inessive	falsban	falsakban
superessive	falson	falsakon
adessive	falsnál	falsaknál
illative	falsba	falsakba
sublative	falsra	falsakra
allative	falshoz	falsakhoz
elative	falsból	falsakból
delative	falsról	falsakról
ablative	falstól	falsaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	falsé	falsaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	falséi	falsakéi

Derived terms

• falsul

 

Noun

fals (plural falsok)

1. (billiards) spin

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fals	falsok
accusative	falsot	falsokat
dative	falsnak	falsoknak
instrumental	falssal	falsokkal
causal-final	falsért	falsokért
translative	falssá	falsokká
terminative	falsig	falsokig
essive-formal	falsként	falsokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	falsban	falsokban
superessive	falson	falsokon
adessive	falsnál	falsoknál
illative	falsba	falsokba
sublative	falsra	falsokra
allative	falshoz	falsokhoz
elative	falsból	falsokból
delative	falsról	falsokról
ablative	falstól	falsoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	falsé	falsoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	falséi	falsokéi

Possessive forms of fals
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	falsom	falsaim
2nd person sing.	falsod	falsaid
3rd person sing.	falsa	falsai
1st person plural	falsunk	falsaink
2nd person plural	falsotok	falsaitok
3rd person plural	falsuk	falsaik

Further reading

• fals in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fals/
• Rhymes: -als

Etymology 1

From Latin falsus.

Noun

fals n (genitive singular fals, nominative plural föls)

1. falseness, dissimulation

   Synonym: svik

2. fraud, imposture
3. forgery

   Synonym: fölsun

Declension

declension of fals

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fals	falsið	föls	fölsin
accusative	fals	falsið	föls	fölsin
dative	falsi	falsinu	fölsum	fölsunum
genitive	fals	falsins	falsa	falsanna

Related terms

• falsa (“to falsify”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish fals.

Noun

fals n (genitive singular fals, nominative plural föls)

1. groove, notch

   Synonyms: skora, gróp

Declension

declension of fals

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fals	falsið	föls	fölsin
accusative	fals	falsið	föls	fölsin
dative	falsi	falsinu	fölsum	fölsunum
genitive	fals	falsins	falsa	falsanna

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch vals (“false”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfal(ə̆)s]

Noun

fals (first-person possessive falsku, second-person possessive falsmu, third-person possessive falsnya)

1. (music) off-key, out of tune

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fauls, vals
• faus, fauce

Etymology

From Old English fals, borrowed from Latin falsus (“false”), and partly from Old French fals.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fals/, /fau̯ls/, /fau̯s/

Adjective

fals

1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Descendants

• English: false
• Scots: fause
• Yola: fause, faulss, valse
• → Irish: falsa, falsach; fallsa

References

• “fals, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin falsus (“false”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fals/

• Audio (Béarn)

  (file)

Adjective

fals m (feminine singular falsa, masculine plural falses, feminine plural falsas)

1. false

Related terms

• falsetat
• falsificar

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 470.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 287.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin falsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑls/, [fɑɫs]

Noun

fals n

1. falsehood, fraud, counterfeit

Declension

Declension of fals (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fals	fals
accusative	fals	fals
genitive	falses	falsa
dative	false	falsum

Adjective

fals

1. (of weight or coinage) false

Declension

Declension of fals — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fals	fals	fals
Accusative	falsne	false	fals
Genitive	falses	falsre	falses
Dative	falsum	falsre	falsum
Instrumental	false	falsre	false
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	false	falsa, false	fals
Accusative	false	falsa, false	fals
Genitive	falsra	falsra	falsra
Dative	falsum	falsum	falsum
Instrumental	falsum	falsum	falsum

Declension of fals — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	falsa	false	false
Accusative	falsan	falsan	false
Genitive	falsan	falsan	falsan
Dative	falsan	falsan	falsan
Instrumental	falsan	falsan	falsan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	falsan	falsan	falsan
Accusative	falsan	falsan	falsan
Genitive	falsra, falsena	falsra, falsena	falsra, falsena
Dative	falsum	falsum	falsum
Instrumental	falsum	falsum	falsum

Descendants

• Middle English: fals, fauls, vals; faus, fauce (conflated with Old French fals)
  • English: false
  • Scots: fause
  • Yola: fause, faulss, valse
  • → Irish: falsa, falsach; fallsa

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Alternative forms

• falt, fro, faus, faux

Etymology

From Latin falsus (“false”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (early) /ˈfals/
• IPA^(key): (late) /ˈfaɫs/, /ˈfaws/

Adjective

fals m (oblique and nominative feminine singular false)

1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Declension

Declension of fals

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	fals	false	fals
	Oblique	fals			false	fals
Plural	Subject	fals	falses		fals
	Oblique	fals			falses	fals

Descendants

• Middle French: faulx
  • French: faux
    • → English: faux
• Norman: faux
• Picard: foe
• → Dutch: vals
• → Middle English: fals, fauls, vals; faus, fauce (partly)
  • English: false
  • Scots: fause
  • Yola: fause, faulss, valse
  • → Irish: falsa, falsach; fallsa
• → Middle High German: vals, fals
• → Middle Low German: vals

Romanian

Alternative forms

• falș

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin falsus (“false”). The variant form falș is from German falsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fals/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

fals m or n (feminine singular falsă, masculine plural falși, feminine and neuter plural false)

1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

   Synonym: neadevărat

   Antonym: adevărat

Declension

Declension of fals

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fals		falsă	falși	false
	definite	falsul		falsa	falșii	falsele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fals		false	falși	false
	definite	falsului		falsei	falșilor	falselor

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch vals.

Adjective

fals

1. vicious
2. angry

Verb

fals

1. to be angry