Masculine
mensonge
Meaning
a lie or falsehood
Concepts
false statement
outright lie
a lie
incorrect fact
Trygve Lie
Trygve Halvden Lie
Synonyms
même sens
fait incorrect
Trygve Lie
petit mensonge
Trygve Halvdan Lie
appartenir à
Translations
mentira
bugia
Lüge
mentira
mentida
leugen
yalan
messorga
كذب
ψέμαFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɑ̃.sɔ̃ʒ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French mensonge, from Old French mençonge, mençunge, probably from a Vulgar Latin *mentionica, from Late Latin mentiōnem (in the sense of "lie" rather than "mention"), probably formed from haplology of a root *mentītiō, from Latin mentītus, past participle of mentior. Cognate to Occitan messorga, messonja, mensònega; compare also Italian menzogna, Old Galician-Portuguese mensonha, Romansch manzögna and Old French mensoigne, from a different but related root, and Romanian minciună.
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