pseudo-

See also: pseudo and pseŭdo-

English

Alternative forms

• pseud- (found before vowels, as in pseudepigraphic)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːdoʊ/
• Hyphenation: pseu‧do-

Prefix

pseudo-

1. false, not genuine, fake

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with pseudo-

• pseudodiaxial
• pseudodiequatorial
• pseudo-Latin

Translations

not genuine

• Catalan: pseudo- (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 偽-／伪- (ngai⁶)

  Mandarin: 偽-／伪- (zh), 伪- (zh) (wěi-), 假- (zh) (jiǎ-)

• Czech: pa-, pseudo- (cs)
• Danish: pseudo-, skin-
• Esperanto: pseŭdo- (eo)
• Finnish: sala-, vale-, pseudo-
• French: pseudo- (fr)
• Galician: pseudo-
• German: after- (de), schein- (de), pseudo- (de), falsch-
• Greek: ψευδο- (el) (psevdo-)
• Hindi: छद्म- (chadma-), कूट- (kūṭ-)
• Hungarian: ál-
• Icelandic: gervi-
• Ido: pseudo-
• Irish: bréag-
• Italian: pseudo- (it)
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• Japanese: 擬- (ぎ-, gi-)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زِڕ- (zirr-)

  Northern Kurdish: zirr- (ku)

  Southern Kurdish: زِڕ- (zirr-)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pseudo-, psevdo-, falsk-

  Nynorsk: pseudo-, psevdo-, falsk-

• Polish: pseudo- (pl), niby-
• Portuguese: pseudo-
• Russian: псевдо- (ru) (psevdo-), лже- (ru) (lže-)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: надри-

  Roman: nadri-

• Spanish: pseudo-, seudo-
• Swedish: falsk-, fusk-, pseudo- (sv), kvasi- (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} وَهْمِيّ (wahmiyy)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} பொய் (ta) (poy), ^{(please verify)} போலி (ta) (pōli)

Anagrams

• does up, doupes, souped

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Czech

Prefix

1. pseudo-

Synonyms

• pa-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with pseudo-

Related terms

• pseudonym

Further reading

• Template:R:Slovnik afixu

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Danish

Etymology

Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsœʊ̯d̥o-]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Synonyms

• skin-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Finnish

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psø.do/

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

   pseudo-langue ― fake language

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with pseudo-

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German

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• “pseudo-” in Duden online

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Italian

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “lying, false”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do/, [ps̠ɛu̯d̪ɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do/, [pseu̯d̪o]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. false, fake

Derived terms

Latin terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //psɛw.dɔ//

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• seudo-

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Swedish

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-