mendax

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

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

Noun

liar

Concepten

leugenaar

fout

leugenaarster

onjuist

onwaar

vals

Synoniemen

falsus

falsidicus

Vertalingen

bugiardo

liar

embustero

menteur

mentitore

mentiroso

Lügner

mentiroso

yalancı

ψεύτης

menzognero

ψεύτρα

fibber

كذاب

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈmɛn.daːks]

Etymologie (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”).