adj
Meaning 1
Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fraudulent
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.lənt/ without the yod-coalescence
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/ˈfɹɔː.djə.lənt/ without the yod-coalescence
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/ˈfɹɔː.d͡ʒʊ.lənt/ yod-coalescence
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/ˈfɹɔː.d͡ʒə.lənt/ yod-coalescence
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/ˈfɹɔːd͡ʒ.lənt/ yod-coalescence
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/ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.lənt/ without the cot–caught merger
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/ˈfɹɔd͡ʒ.lənt/ without the cot–caught merger
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈfɹɑ.d͡ʒə.lənt/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈfɹɑd͡ʒ.lənt/
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Canada, cot-caught-merger: /ˈfɹɒd͡ʒ.ə.lənt/
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Canada, cot-caught-merger: [ˈfɹɒd͡ʒ.lənt]
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈfɹoː.d͡ʒə.lənt/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈfɹoːd͡ʒ.lənt/
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adj
Meaning 2
False, phony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He tried to pass a fraudulent check.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
intended to deceive - S.T.Coleridge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- deceitful advertising
- fallacious testimony
- smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice
- a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deceitful, fallacious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”).
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: محتال — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Bulgarian: измамнически (izmamničeski) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Bulgarian: мошенически (mošeničeski) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Catalan: fraudulent — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Chinese Mandarin: 欺詐的 /欺诈的 (qīzhà de) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Chinese Mandarin: 詐欺的 /诈欺的 (zhàqī de) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Czech: podvodný — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Dutch: frauduleus — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Esperanto: fraŭda — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Finnish: vilpillinen — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Finnish: epärehellinen — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Finnish: valheellinen — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- French: frauduleux — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Galician: fraudulento — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- German: betrügerisch — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- German: schwindlerisch — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- German: betrugsanfällig — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Hindi: ढोंगी (ḍhoṅgī) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Hungarian: csalárd — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Ido: frauda — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Irish: séitéartha — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Italian: fraudolento — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Japanese: 詐欺の (sagi no) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Latin: fraudulentus — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Persian: شیادانه (šayyâdâne) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Persian: فریبآمیز (farib-âmiz) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Polish: oszukańczy — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Portuguese: fraudulento — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Romanian: fraudulos — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Russian: обма́нный (obmánnyj) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Russian: моше́ннический (mošénničeskij) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Sanskrit: कौट (kauṭa) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Spanish: fraudulento — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Swedish: falsk — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Ottoman Turkish: باتاق (batak) — dishonest; based on fraud or deception
- Bulgarian: фалшив (falšiv) — false; phony
- Catalan: fraudulent — false; phony
- Finnish: valheellinen — false; phony
- Finnish: vale- — false; phony
- Finnish: epäaito — false; phony
- Finnish: väärennetty — false; phony
- Finnish: väärä — false; phony
- French: frauduleux — false; phony
- Galician: fraudulento — false; phony
- Ancient Greek: κίβδηλος (kíbdēlos) — false; phony
- Hindi: ढोंगी (ḍhoṅgī) — false; phony
- Hungarian: hamis — false; phony
- Polish: fałszywy — false; phony
- Portuguese: fraudulento — false; phony
- Romanian: fals — false; phony
- Russian: фальши́вый (falʹšívyj) — false; phony
- Russian: подде́льный (poddélʹnyj) — false; phony
- Swedish: falsk — false; phony
- Swedish: förfalskad — false; phony
- Ottoman Turkish: یالان (yalan) — false; phony
- Ottoman Turkish: یالانجی (yalancı) — false; phony
- Ottoman Turkish: ساخته (sahte) — false; phony
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