False

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Translations

English

Etymology

Though it exists in late Old English, fals was not common usage until the 12th century. It probably entered or reentered the language through Old French or Norman, fals, faus. Prior to that it is clear to have come from Latin, falsus, which mean "falsehood", from the earlier verb fallere, "to decieve".

Adjective

false

1. untrue, not factual, wrong
2. spurious, artificial (as in false teeth)
3. (logic) A state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

Synonyms

• incorrect
• wrong

Antonyms

• real
• true

Related terms

• false attack
• falsehood
• falseness
• falsity
• false friend

Translations

• Catalan: fals m, falsa f
• Danish: falsk (1); kunstig (2)
• Dutch: vals, fout, onjuist, onecht
• Finnish: valheellinen (1), epätosi (1), väärä (1), vale- (prefix) (1), teko- (prefix) (2), keino- (prefix) (2)
• French: faux, incorrect
• German: falsch (1,2), unwahr (1)
• Hebrew: לא נכון
• Ido : falsa
• Indonesian: salah (1), palsu / buatan (2)
• Interlingua: false (1,2)
• Irish: bréagach
• Italian: falso
• Japanese: 否, 偽の (にせの, nise-no)
• Latin: falsus
• Polish: fałszywy (1), nieprawdziwy (1), sztuczny (2)
• Portuguese: falso m (1), falsa f (1), errado m (1), errada f (1), falso (2) m, falsa f (2), artificial (2)
• Romanian: fals n (1,2); neadevăr n (1);
• Spanish: falso, falaz; postiza (2)
• Swedish: dolsk, falsk, osann
• Turkish: yanlış
• Welsh: anwirfr:false

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