mendax

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

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

Noun

liar

Conceptes

mentider

fals

incorrecte

Sinònims

falsus

falsidicus

Traduccions

bugiardo

embustero

Lügner

mentitore

mentiroso

menteur

liar

mentiroso

leugenaar

yalancı

ψεύτης

menzognero

fibber

كذاب

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈmɛn.daːks]

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).