liar

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• UK: /ˈlaɪ.ə/
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• US: /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/
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• rhymes with -aɪ.ə(ɹ)
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• homophone: lyre
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• homophone: lier
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• CMU ARPABET: L AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (“liar, false witness, hypocrite”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugārī, from Proto-Germanic *leugārijaz (“liar”), from *leuganą (“to lie”) + *-ārijaz, equivalent to lie + -ar. More at lie.

264 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: амцҳәаҩ (amcḥwajw) — one who tells lies
• Albanian: gënjeshtar — one who tells lies
• Albanian: gënjeshtare — one who tells lies
• Southern Altai: јалганчак (ǰalgančak) — one who tells lies
• Southern Altai: јалганчы (ǰalgančï) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: كَذَّاب (kaḏḏāb) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: كَذَّابَة (kaḏḏāba) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: كَاذِب (kāḏib) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: كَاذِبَة (kāḏiba) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: كَذُوب (kaḏūb) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: كَذُوبَة (kaḏūba) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: كداب (kaddāb) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: چَذَّاب — one who tells lies
• Arabic: كَذَّاب (kaddāb) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: نَصَّاب (naṣṣāb) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: بَكَّاش (bakkāš) — one who tells lies
• Arabic: كَزَّاب (kazzāb) — one who tells lies
• Aramaic: ܟܕܒܐ (kaddāḇā) — one who tells lies
• Aramaic: ܟܕܒܬܐ (kaddāḇtā) — one who tells lies
• Aramaic: ܕܓܠܐ (daggālā) — one who tells lies
• Aramaic: ܕܓܠܬܐ (daggāltā) — one who tells lies
• Armenian: ստախոս (staxos) — one who tells lies
• Armenian: սուտասան (sutasan) — one who tells lies
• Armenian: խաբեբա (xabeba) — one who tells lies
• Aromanian: minciunos — one who tells lies
• Aromanian: minciunoasã — one who tells lies
• Azerbaijani: yalançı — one who tells lies
• Bashkir: алдаҡсы (aldaqsı) — one who tells lies
• Basque: gezur — one who tells lies
• Belarusian: ілгу́н (ilhún) — one who tells lies
• Belarusian: ілгу́нья (ilhúnʹja) — one who tells lies
• Belarusian: браху́н (braxún) — one who tells lies
• Belarusian: браху́ха (braxúxa) — one who tells lies
• Belarusian: хлус (xlus) — one who tells lies
• Belarusian: хлусе́лька (xlusjélʹka) — one who tells lies
• Belarusian: враль (vralʹ) — one who tells lies
• Bengali: মিথ্যাবাদী (mitthabadi) — one who tells lies
• Bengali: বেইমান (beiman) — one who tells lies
• Bengali: কাজেব (kajeb) — one who tells lies
• Bhojpuri: झूठा (jhūṭhā) — one who tells lies
• Central Bikol: utikon — one who tells lies
• Bulgarian: лъже́ц (lǎžéc) — one who tells lies
• Bulgarian: лъжки́ня (lǎžkínja) — one who tells lies
• Bulgarian: лъ́жльо (lǎ́žljo) — one who tells lies
• Burmese: လိမ်ညာသူ (limnyasu) — one who tells lies
• Catalan: mentider — one who tells lies
• Catalan: mentidera — one who tells lies
• Cebuano: bakakon — one who tells lies
• Cherokee: ᎦᏰᎪᎩ (gayegogi) — one who tells lies
• Chinese Cantonese: 大話精 /大话精 (daai6 waa6 zing1) — one who tells lies
• Chinese Mandarin: 說謊者 /说谎者 (shuōhuǎngzhě) — one who tells lies
• Ngazidja Comorian: mndru wa ndrabo — one who tells lies
• Cornish: gowek — one who tells lies
• Cornish: gowoges — one who tells lies
• Czech: lhář — one who tells lies
• Czech: lhářka — one who tells lies
• Dalmatian: boscurd — one who tells lies
• Danish: løgner — one who tells lies
• Dutch: leugenaar — one who tells lies
• Dutch: leugenaarster — one who tells lies
• Esperanto: mensogulo — one who tells lies
• Esperanto: mensogulino — one who tells lies
• Estonian: valetaja — one who tells lies
• Estonian: valevorst — one who tells lies
• Even: өлэк (ölək) — one who tells lies
• Ewe: aʋatsokala — one who tells lies
• Finnish: valehtelija — one who tells lies
• French: menteur — one who tells lies
• French: menteuse — one who tells lies
• Old French: menteor — one who tells lies
• Galician: mentirán — one who tells lies
• Galician: mentirana — one who tells lies
• Galician: mentireiro — one who tells lies
• Galician: mentireira — one who tells lies
• Galician: troleiro — one who tells lies
• Galician: troleira — one who tells lies
• Georgian: მატყუარა (maṭq̇uara) — one who tells lies
• German: Lügner — one who tells lies
• German: Lügnerin — one who tells lies
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰 (liugnja) — one who tells lies
• Greek: ψεύτης (pséftis) — one who tells lies
• Greek: ψεύτρα (pséftra) — one who tells lies
• Ancient Greek: ψεύστης (pseústēs) — one who tells lies
• Hawaiian: wahaheʻe — one who tells lies
• Hebrew: שקרן — one who tells lies
• Hebrew: שַׁקְרָן (shakrán) — one who tells lies
• Hebrew: שקרנית \ שַׁקְרָנִית (shakranít) — one who tells lies
• Hindi: झूठा (jhūṭhā) — one who tells lies
• Hungarian: hazug — one who tells lies
• Icelandic: lygari — one who tells lies
• Indonesian: pembohong — one who tells lies
• Ingrian: pettelikko — one who tells lies
• Irish: bréagadóir — one who tells lies
• Irish: bréagach — one who tells lies
• Irish: scaitseálaí — one who tells lies
• Irish: éitheoir — one who tells lies
• Italian: bugiardo — one who tells lies
• Italian: bugiarda — one who tells lies
• Italian: mentitore — one who tells lies
• Italian: mentitrice — one who tells lies
• Jamaican Creole: liyad — one who tells lies
• Japanese: 嘘つき (usotsuki) — one who tells lies
• Kashubian: łgôrz — one who tells lies
• Kashubian: łgôrka — one who tells lies
• Kashubian: łżél — one who tells lies
• Kazakh: жалғаншы (jalğanşy) — one who tells lies
• Kazakh: кәззап (käzzap) — one who tells lies
• Kazakh: өтірікші (ötırıkşı) — one who tells lies
• Khmer: កំភរ (kɑmphɔɔ) — one who tells lies
• Khmer: មនុស្សកុហក (mɔɔmɔnuh kohɑk) — one who tells lies
• Khmer: មនុស្សភរ (mɔɔmɔnuh phɔɔ) — one who tells lies
• Khmer: អ្នកភរ (nĕək phɔɔ) — one who tells lies
• Kikuyu: mũheenania — one who tells lies
• Korean: 거짓말쟁이 (geojinmaljaeng'i) — one who tells lies
• Central Kurdish: درۆزن (drozn) — one who tells lies
• Kyrgyz: калпычы (kalpıcı) — one who tells lies
• Kyrgyz: жалганчы (jalgancı) — one who tells lies
• Ladino: mintirozo — one who tells lies
• Ladino: mintiroza — one who tells lies
• Lao: ຄົນຂີ້ຕົວະ (khon khī to wa) — one who tells lies
• Lao: ຄົນຕົວະ (khon to wa) — one who tells lies
• Lao: ຄົນໂກຫົກ (khon kō hok) — one who tells lies
• Lao: ຂີ້ຕົວະ (khī to wa) — one who tells lies
• Lao: ຂີ້ລ່າຽ (khī lāi) — one who tells lies
• Latin: mendax — one who tells lies
• Latin: falsus — one who tells lies
• Latvian: melis — one who tells lies
• Latvian: mele — one who tells lies
• Lithuanian: melagis — one who tells lies
• Lithuanian: melagė — one who tells lies
• Macedonian: лажго (lažgo) — one who tells lies
• Macedonian: лажга (lažga) — one who tells lies
• Macedonian: лажливец (lažlivec) — one who tells lies
• Macedonian: лажливка (lažlivka) — one who tells lies
• Macedonian: лажач (lažač) — one who tells lies
• Macedonian: лажачка (lažačka) — one who tells lies
• Malay: penipu — one who tells lies
• Malay: pembohong — one who tells lies
• Maltese: giddieb — one who tells lies
• Manx: breagerey — one who tells lies
• Manx: breageyder — one who tells lies
• Māori: rūkahu — one who tells lies
• Māori: rūpahu — one who tells lies
• Māori: arero horihori — one who tells lies
• Māori: arero hīanga — one who tells lies
• Māori: arero teka — one who tells lies
• Mauritian Creole: manter — one who tells lies
• Middle English: lier — one who tells lies
• Middle English: losengeour — one who tells lies
• Mongolian: худалч хүн (xudalč xün) — one who tells lies
• Navajo: biyoochʼídí — one who tells lies
• Norman: mensongi — one who tells lies
• Norman: menteux — one who tells lies
• Norwegian Bokmål: løgner — one who tells lies
• Norwegian Bokmål: løgnhals — one who tells lies
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lygnar — one who tells lies
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løgnar — one who tells lies
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lygnhals — one who tells lies
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løgnhals — one who tells lies
• Iranian Persian: دُروغْگو (doruġgu) — one who tells lies
• Iranian Persian: دُروزَن (doruzan) — one who tells lies
• Iranian Persian: کَذَّاب (kazzâb) — one who tells lies
• Iranian Persian: خَرَّاص (xarrâs) — one who tells lies
• Plautdietsch: Läajna — one who tells lies
• Polabian: låzaikă — one who tells lies
• Polish: kłamca — one who tells lies
• Polish: łgarz — one who tells lies
• Polish: kłamczuch — one who tells lies
• Polish: kłamczucha — one who tells lies
• Polish: łeż — one who tells lies
• Old Polish: fałesznik — one who tells lies
• Old Polish: fałszerz — one who tells lies
• Old Polish: lhacz — one who tells lies
• Old Polish: łeż — one who tells lies
• Old Polish: łgarz — one who tells lies
• Old Polish: matacz — one who tells lies
• Portuguese: mentiroso — one who tells lies
• Portuguese: mentirosa — one who tells lies
• Romanian: mincinos — one who tells lies
• Romanian: mincinoasă — one who tells lies
• Russian: лгун (lgun) — one who tells lies
• Russian: лгу́нья (lgúnʹja) — one who tells lies
• Russian: лжец (lžec) — one who tells lies
• Russian: врун (vrun) — one who tells lies
• Russian: вру́нья (vrúnʹja) — one who tells lies
• Russian: обма́нщик (obmánščik) — one who tells lies
• Russian: обма́нщица (obmánščica) — one who tells lies
• Russian: вруни́шка (vruníška) — one who tells lies
• Russian: враль (vralʹ) — one who tells lies
• Russian: бреху́н (brexún) — one who tells lies
• Russian: бреху́нья (brexúnʹja) — one who tells lies
• Russian: брехло́ (brexló) — one who tells lies
• Russian: трепло́ (trepló) — one who tells lies
• Russian: пиздабо́л (pizdaból) — one who tells lies
• Russian: пиздаплёт (pizdapljót) — one who tells lies
• Russian: пизду́н (pizdún) — one who tells lies
• Russian: пизду́нья (pizdúnʹja) — one who tells lies
• Scottish Gaelic: breugaire — one who tells lies
• Scottish Gaelic: breugadair — one who tells lies
• Scottish Gaelic: breugaiche — one who tells lies
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̀жов — one who tells lies
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̀жљивац — one who tells lies
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̀жљивица — one who tells lies
• Serbo-Croatian: làžov — one who tells lies
• Serbo-Croatian: làžljivac — one who tells lies
• Serbo-Croatian: làžljivica — one who tells lies
• Sicilian: mbrugghiuni — one who tells lies
• Sicilian: trastularu — one who tells lies
• Silesian: cygōn — one who tells lies
• Silesian: szulyrz — one who tells lies
• Silesian: wichłŏcz — one who tells lies
• Slovak: klamár — one who tells lies
• Slovak: klamárka — one who tells lies
• Slovak: luhár — one who tells lies
• Slovak: luhárka — one who tells lies
• Slovene: lažnívec — one who tells lies
• Slovene: lažnivka — one who tells lies
• Spanish: mentiroso — one who tells lies
• Spanish: mentirosa — one who tells lies
• Spanish: embustero — one who tells lies
• Spanish: embustera — one who tells lies
• Swahili: mwongo — one who tells lies
• Swedish: lögnare — one who tells lies
• Tagalog: sinungaling — one who tells lies
• Tagalog: echosera — one who tells lies
• Tagalog: charotera — one who tells lies
• Tajik: дурӯғгӯй (durüġgüy) — one who tells lies
• Tajik: каззоб (kazzob) — one who tells lies
• Tajik: дурӯғчӣ (durüġči) — one who tells lies
• Tatar: ялганчы (yalğançı) — one who tells lies
• Telugu: అబద్ధాలకోరు (abaddhālakōru) — one who tells lies
• Thai: ผู้มุสา (pûu-mú-sǎa) — one who tells lies
• Thai: คนโกหก (kon-goo-hòk) — one who tells lies
• Thai: คนพูดปด (kon-pûut-bpòt) — one who tells lies
• Thai: คนพูดเท็จ (kon-pûut-tét) — one who tells lies
• Tibetan: ཀྱག་རྗུན་ཤོད་མཁན (kyag rjun shod mkhan) — one who tells lies
• Turkish: yalancı — one who tells lies
• Ottoman Turkish: یالانجی (yalancı) — one who tells lies
• Turkmen: ýalançy — one who tells lies
• Turkmen: aldawçy — one who tells lies
• Ukrainian: бреху́н (brexún) — one who tells lies
• Ukrainian: бреху́ха (brexúxa) — one who tells lies
• Ukrainian: бреху́нка (brexúnka) — one who tells lies
• Ukrainian: брехло́ (brexló) — one who tells lies
• Urdu: جُھوٹھا (jhūṭhā) — one who tells lies
• Urdu: کَذَّاب (kazzāb) — one who tells lies
• Urdu: خَرَّاص (xarrās) — one who tells lies
• Uyghur: يالغانچى (yalghanchi) — one who tells lies
• Uzbek: yolgʻonchi — one who tells lies
• Vietnamese: kẻ nói dối — one who tells lies
• Vietnamese: kẻ nói láo — one who tells lies
• Vietnamese: kẻ nói điêu — one who tells lies
• Volapük: lugan — one who tells lies
• Volapük: hilugan — one who tells lies
• Volapük: jilugan — one who tells lies
• Welsh: celwyddgi — one who tells lies
• Yiddish: ליגנער (ligner) — one who tells lies
• Yiddish: שקרן (shakren) — one who tells lies
• Yiddish: כּזבֿן (kazvn) — one who tells lies
• Yiddish: דובֿר־שקרים (doyver-shkorim) — one who tells lies
• Yiddish: ליגנערין (lignerin) — one who tells lies
• Yiddish: ליגנערקע (lignerke) — one who tells lies
• Yiddish: שקרנטע (shákrente) — one who tells lies
• Yiddish: כּזבֿנטע (kázvnte) — one who tells lies