false

Meaning

Synonyms

not true

false species

not genuine

punic

supposititious

wrong way

all ready

be incorrect

sythetic

counter it

not meant to be performed

half-bloode

sham imitation

be unfaithful

be wrong

charlatan

false statement

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɔːls/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English lēas (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux. The verb is from Middle English falsen, falsien, from Old French falser, from Latin falsō (“falsify”), itself also from falsus; compare French fausser (“to falsify, to distort”).

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