faux
French
adj
Definitions
- false; untrue
- false; not real
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French faulx inherited from Old French fauz inherited 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
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- faux English
- faux Cyrillic English
- faux ami English
- *fallita Latin
- falsificus Latin
- falsiloquium Latin
- falsimonia Latin
- falsitas Latin
- falsus Latin
- falsāre Latin
- falsārē Latin
- falx, falcem Latin
- falx, falcis Latin
- falce Italian
- falcetto Italian
- falciforme Italian
- falso Italian
- vals Dutch, Flemish
- ami French
- archifaux French
- falsifier French
- faux-ami French
- faux-filet French
- filet French
- falso Spanish, Castilian
- *gʰwel- Proto-Indo-European
- falsk Norwegian Bokmål
- falsk Norwegian Nynorsk
- fals Old English
- false Middle English
- fals Old French
- faulz Old French
- faus Old French
- fauz Old French
- fals Catalan, Valencian
- falç Catalan, Valencian
- falçó Catalan, Valencian
- fals Icelandic
- fals Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- valsch Middle Dutch
- vals Middle High German
- fallco Albanian
- faulx Middle French
- falso Old Portuguese
- valsch Middle Low German
- baltz Cimbrian
- baltzar Cimbrian
- fals Occitan
- fals Friulian
- falso Old Spanish
- fauci Sicilian
- fuals Dalmatian