fals

See also: 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-age) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.

Anagrams

• Salf, fasl

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin falsus (“false”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfals]
• Homophone: falç

Adjective

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

1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Related terms

• falsar
• falsedat
• falsejar

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin falsus.

Adjective

fals

1. false

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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

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• false

Etymology

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

Adjective

fals

1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Descendants

• English: false
• Scots: fause
• → Irish: falsa, falsach; fallsa (superseded)

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Old English

Etymology

From Latin falsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑls/, [fɑɫs]

Noun

fals n

1. falsehood, fraud, counterfeit

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: (conflated with Old French fals) fals
  • English: false
  • Scots: fause
  • → Irish: falsa, falsach; fallsa (superseded)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• falt, fro, faus, faux

Etymology

From Latin falsus (“false”).

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
• → Middle English: (partly) fals, false
  • English: false
  • Scots: fause
  • → Irish: falsa, falsach; fallsa (superseded)
• → Middle High German: vals
  • Cimbrian: baltz

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• falș

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fals/

Adjective

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

1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

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

Synonyms

• neadevărat

Antonyms

• adevărat