mendax

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

deceitful, lying, deceptive, untruthful, false, mendacious, feigned, not real.

Noun

liar

Sinonieme

falsus

falsidicus

Vertalings

bugiardo

liar

mentiroso

menteur

mentitore

embustero

Lügner

mentiroso

ψεύτης

yalancı

leugenaar

menzognero

ψεύτρα

fibber

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈmɛn.daːks]

Etimologie (Engels)

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”), whence also mendum and menda, plus -āx. Original meaning was "faulty" and was shifted towards "deceitful" under the influence of mentior (“I lie”).