false
English
/fɔːls/, /fɔls/
adj
Definitions
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Spurious, artificial.
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
- (music) out of Out of tune.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English false inherited from Old English fals (false, counterfeit, wrong, fraudulent, mistaken) derived from Latin falsus (false, deceived, counterfeit, falsehood, mistaken).
Origin
Latin
falsus
Gloss
false, deceived, counterfeit, falsehood, mistaken
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- card English
- face English
- falsecard English
- falsed English
- falseface English
- falseful English
- falsefully English
- falseheart English
- falsely English
- falsen English
- falseness English
- falsening English
- falsework English
- falsie English
- falsifiable English
- falsification English
- falsificationism English
- falsificationist English
- falsifier English
- falsifiest English
- falsifieth English
- falsify English
- falsiness English
- falsing English
- falsish English
- falsism English
- falsity English
- falsy English
- heart English
- less English
- nonfalse English
- superfalse English
- superfalsity English
- unfalse English
- work English
- *fallita Latin
- falsificus Latin
- falsiloquium Latin
- falsimonia Latin
- falsitas Latin
- falsus Latin
- falsāre Latin
- falsārē Latin
- Falschaussage German
- Falschbehauptung German
- Falschdarstellung German
- Falschfahrer German
- Falschheit German
- Falschinformation German
- Falschschreibung German
- Falschspieler German
- falsch German
- grundfalsch German
- fals Hungarian
- falso Italian
- vals Dutch, Flemish
- valsspelen Dutch, Flemish
- valsspeler Dutch, Flemish
- falsifier French
- фальшь Russian
- falso Spanish, Castilian
- *gʰwel- Proto-Indo-European
- falsk Norwegian Bokmål
- *lausaz Proto-Germanic
- fałszować Polish
- falsk Norwegian Nynorsk
- fals Old English
- leasere Old English
- leaslic Old English
- leassceawere Old English
- lēas Old English
- lǣs Old English
- fals Middle English
- false Middle English
- falshede Middle English
- les Middle English
- falsa Irish
- falsk Danish
- faleš Czech
- fals Old French
- faulz Old French
- faus Old French
- fauz Old French
- faličan Serbo-Croatian
- fals Catalan, Valencian
- fals Icelandic
- fals Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fals Indonesian
- valsch Middle Dutch
- vals Afrikaans
- vals Middle High German
- fallco Albanian
- fausseté Middle French
- võlts Estonian
- falso Old Portuguese
- falsch Middle Low German
- valsch Middle Low German
- baltz Cimbrian
- baltzar Cimbrian
- фальш Ukrainian
- fals Occitan
- fals Friulian
- falso Old Spanish
- fals xno
- fuals Dalmatian
- work
- face
- less
- card
- heart
- falsy
- falsie
- falsed
- falsen
- falsity
- unfalse
- falsism
- falsify
- falsely
- falsish
- falsing
- nonfalse
- falseful
- falsening
- falsecard
- falseface
- falseness
- falsiness
- falsifier
- falsework
- superfalse
- falseheart
- falsefully
- falsifieth
- falsifiest
- falsifiable
- superfalsity
- falsification
- falsificationism
- falsificationist