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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈlaɪ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bəˈlaɪ/
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• General-American: /bɪˈlaɪ/
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• General-American: /bəˈlaɪ/
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• General-American: /biˈlaɪ/
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• rhymes with -aɪ
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH0 L AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English belyen, beliggen, from Old English beliċġan, biliċġan (“to lie around, surround, hedge in, encompass”), from Proto-West Germanic *biliggjan, from Proto-Germanic *biligjaną (“to lie around”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + lie (“to be positioned”).

From Middle English belyen, beleoȝen, from Old English belēogan (“to deceive by lying, be mistaken”), from Proto-West Germanic *bileugan (“to belie”). Equivalent to be- (“about”) + lie (“to deceive”). Compare Dutch beliegen (“to lie about, tell lies”), German belügen (“to lie to someone”).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: զրպարտել (zrpartel) — to give a false representation
• Bulgarian: давам невярна представа за (davam nevjarna predstava za) — to give a false representation
• Czech: zakrývat — to give a false representation
• Czech: neprozrazovat — to give a false representation
• Czech: nevyjevovat — to give a false representation
• Czech: tajit — to give a false representation
• Georgian: გამრუდება (gamrudeba) — to give a false representation
• Georgian: დამახინჯება (damaxinǯeba) — to give a false representation
• Norwegian: gi et galt inntrykk av — to give a false representation
• Polish: dawać mylne wyobrażenie — to give a false representation
• Polish: dać mylne wyobrażenie — to give a false representation
• Russian: искажа́ть (iskažátʹ) — to give a false representation
• Spanish: representar mal — to give a false representation
• Spanish: malrepresentar — to give a false representation
• Ukrainian: давати неправильне уявлення (davaty nepravylʹne ujavlennja) — to give a false representation
• Bulgarian: оклеветявам (oklevetjavam) — to tell lies about
• Georgian: ცილისწამება (cilisc̣ameba) — to tell lies about
• Norwegian Bokmål: belyve — to tell lies about
• Norwegian Bokmål: lyve om — to tell lies about
• Polish: oczerniać — to tell lies about
• Polish: oczernić — to tell lies about
• Romanian: calomnia — to tell lies about
• Russian: оклеветать (oklevetatʹ) — to tell lies about
• Russian: оболгать (obolgatʹ) — to tell lies about
• Spanish: calumniar — to tell lies about
• Ukrainian: оббріхувати (obbrixuvaty) — to tell lies about
• Arabic: كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba) — to contradict or show to be false
• Bulgarian: опровергавам (oprovergavam) — to contradict or show to be false
• Czech: protiřečit — to contradict or show to be false
• Czech: popírat — to contradict or show to be false
• Czech: vyvracet — to contradict or show to be false
• Dutch: verloochenen — to contradict or show to be false
• French: démentir — to contradict or show to be false
• Georgian: წინააღმდეგობა (c̣inaaɣmdegoba) — to contradict or show to be false
• Georgian: უარყოფა (uarq̇opa) — to contradict or show to be false
• German: hinwegtäuschen über — to contradict or show to be false
• Greek: διαστρέφω (diastréfo) — to contradict or show to be false
• Hebrew: הסתיר — to contradict or show to be false
• Hungarian: meghazudtol — to contradict or show to be false
• Hungarian: megcáfol — to contradict or show to be false
• Hungarian: rácáfol — to contradict or show to be false
• Italian: smentire — to contradict or show to be false
• Italian: contraddire — to contradict or show to be false
• Norwegian Bokmål: motsi — to contradict or show to be false
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjøre til skamme — to contradict or show to be false
• Polish: przeczyć — to contradict or show to be false
• Polish: zaprzeczać — to contradict or show to be false
• Polish: zaprzeczyć — to contradict or show to be false
• Portuguese: desmentir — to contradict or show to be false
• Romanian: contrazice — to contradict or show to be false
• Russian: противоре́чить (protivoréčitʹ) — to contradict or show to be false
• Russian: опровергать (oprovergatʹ) — to contradict or show to be false
• Spanish: desmentir — to contradict or show to be false
• Swedish: motsäga — to contradict or show to be false
• Ukrainian: суперечити (superečyty) — to contradict or show to be false