Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) false in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D.Lewis and Charles Short ( 1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press first / third-person singular present subjunctiveįalsē ( comparative falsius, superlative falsissimē).A.S.L.E.F., Leafs, alefs, fasel, feals, fleas, leafs, lefsa.The student received a failing grade for circling every true and false on her quiz. Scottish Gaelic: breugach, meallta, mealltach, fuadain.Romanian: fals (ro), artificial (ro), contrafăcut (ro).Portuguese: falso (pt), artificial (pt).Finnish: keinotekoinen (fi), teko- (fi), keino-, vale- (fi).Czech: falešný (cs), imitovaný, nepravý, umělý (cs).Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Catalan: fals (ca), postís, artificial (ca).Welsh: anwir, anghywir (cy), ffug (cy), gau (cy).Thai: please add this translation if you can.Polish: fałszywy (pl), nieprawdziwy (pl), błędny (pl).Maori: patē, parau, horihori, meho, tipatipa, teka, hāwatewate, kēā.Lithuanian: klaidingas (lt), neteisingas (lt).Italian: falso (it), errato (it), bugiardo (it) m.Finnish: valheellinen (fi), epätosi (fi), väärä (fi), ( prefix ) vale.Dutch: onwaar (nl), vals (nl), fout (nl), onjuist (nl).Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.( General Australian, New Zealand ) IPA ( key): /fɒls/,, įalse ( comparative falser, superlative falsest).( cot– caught merger ) IPA ( key): /fɑls/.( General American ) IPA ( key): /fɔls/.( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /fɔːls/, /fɒls/.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 ” ). Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English lēas ( “ false ” ) See lease, leasing. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk all from Latin falsus. Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. 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 ” ).

To bear false witness synonym