noun
Meaning 1
The property of being false.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
falsehood
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- Don't tell falsehoods.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of lying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: falsification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dishonesty, knavery
Narrower terms: frame-up, setup, sophistication, forgery
noun
Meaning 5
a false statement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: falsity, untruth
Antonyms: truth
Broader terms: statement
Narrower terms: dodge, dodging, scheme, lie, prevarication, fabrication, fiction, fable, misrepresentation, deceit, deception, contradiction, contradiction in terms
History
Etymology
From Middle English falshede, from false + -hede, equivalent to false + -hood.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bhojpuri: झूठ (jhūṭh) — state of being false
- Bulgarian: гре́шка (gréška) — state of being false
- Bulgarian: непра́вилност (neprávilnost) — state of being false
- Catalan: falsedat — state of being false
- Dutch: onwaarheid — state of being false
- Finnish: valheellisuus — state of being false
- Finnish: epätotuus — state of being false
- French: fausseté — state of being false
- Galician: falsidade — state of being false
- Georgian: სიცრუე (sicrue) — state of being false
- German: Unwahrheit — state of being false
- German: Falschheit — state of being false
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲 (galiug) — state of being false
- Hindi: झूठ (jhūṭh) — state of being false
- Italian: menzogna — state of being false
- Italian: falsità — state of being false
- Norwegian Bokmål: usannhet — state of being false
- Occitan: falsetat — state of being false
- Occitan: falsièra — state of being false
- Occitan: falsesa — state of being false
- Polish: fałszywość — state of being false
- Portuguese: falsidade — state of being false
- Romanian: falsitate — state of being false
- Russian: непра́вильность (neprávilʹnostʹ) — state of being false
- Swedish: falskhet — state of being false
- Arabic: بَاطِل (bāṭil) — false statement
- Arabic: أَبَاطِيل (ʔabāṭīl) — false statement
- Arabic: زَيْف (zayf) — false statement
- Bulgarian: лъжа́ (lǎžá) — false statement
- Bulgarian: фалш (falš) — false statement
- Catalan: falsedat — false statement
- Dutch: onwaarheid — false statement
- Egyptian: g:r-grg-A2 (grg) — false statement
- Finnish: vale — false statement
- Finnish: epätotuus — false statement
- Finnish: valhe — false statement
- French: mensonge — false statement
- French: contrevérité — false statement
- Georgian: ტყუილი (ṭq̇uili) — false statement
- Georgian: სიცრუე (sicrue) — false statement
- German: Lüge — false statement
- German: unwahre Behauptung — false statement
- Ancient Greek: ψεῦδος (pseûdos) — false statement
- Irish: bréag — false statement
- Italian: menzogna — false statement
- Kikuyu: iheeni — false statement
- Latin: falsitās — false statement
- Māori: kēā — false statement
- Māori: hori — false statement
- Māori: horihori — false statement
- Māori: parau — false statement
- Māori: teka — false statement
- Māori: tipatipa — false statement
- Māori: hāwatewate — false statement
- Mongolian: худал (xudal) — false statement
- Norwegian Bokmål: løgn — false statement
- Occitan: falsetat — false statement
- Occitan: falsièra — false statement
- Plautdietsch: Lieej — false statement
- Polish: fałsz — false statement
- Russian: ложь (ložʹ) — false statement
- Russian: фальшь (falʹšʹ) — false statement
- Russian: непра́вда (neprávda) — false statement
- Sanskrit: मिथ्या (mithyā) — false statement
- Sanskrit: असत्य (asatya) — false statement
- Spanish: falimiento — false statement
- Tewa: hôeyó — false statement
- Tocharian B: waike — false statement
- Ottoman Turkish: یالان (yalan) — false statement
- Walloon: minte — false statement
- Walloon: mintreye — false statement
- Bulgarian: лъжли́вост (lǎžlívost) — trait of a person
- Finnish: epärehellisyys — trait of a person
- Georgian: ცრუობა (cruoba) — trait of a person
- Georgian: მატყუარობა (maṭq̇uaroba) — trait of a person
- German: Falschheit — trait of a person
- German: Falschsein — trait of a person
- Italian: menzognero — trait of a person
- Latin: perfidia — trait of a person
- Norwegian Bokmål: falskhet — trait of a person
- Occitan: falsetat — trait of a person
- Occitan: falsièra — trait of a person
- Russian: лжи́вость (lžívostʹ) — trait of a person
- Ottoman Turkish: یالانجیلق (yalancılık) — trait of a person