spurious

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspjɔː-/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈspjɵː.ɹɪjəs/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈspjoː-/
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• US: /ˈspjʊɹ.i.əs/
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• US: /ˈspʊɹ-/
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• US: /ˈspjɔɹ-/
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• US: /ˈspjɝ-/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /ˈspjʉɾe.əs/
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• Scotland: [ˈspjʉːɾe.əs]
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• rhymes with -ʊəɹiəs
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• CMU ARPABET: S P Y UH1 R IY0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: S P ER1 IY0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vals — false
• Bulgarian: фалши́в (falšív) — false
• Catalan: espuri — false
• Catalan: fals — false
• Chinese Mandarin: 虛假的 /虚假的 (xūjiǎ de) — false
• Chinese Mandarin: 偽造的 /伪造的 (wěizào de) — false
• Danish: falsk — false
• Danish: uægte — false
• Danish: usand — false
• Dutch: vals — false
• Estonian: võlts — false
• Finnish: väärennetty — false
• Finnish: väärä — false
• Finnish: epäaito — false
• French: faux — false
• French: trompeur — false
• German: unecht — false
• German: gefälscht — false
• German: falsch — false
• Greek: πλαστός (plastós) — false
• Greek: κίβδηλος (kívdilos) — false
• Ancient Greek: πλαστός (plastós) — false
• Ancient Greek: νόθος (nóthos) — false
• Hindi: मिथ्या (mithyā) — false
• Hungarian: hamis — false
• Icelandic: óekta — false
• Icelandic: falskur — false
• Icelandic: falsaður — false
• Icelandic: tál- — false
• Icelandic: fals- — false
• Indonesian: palsu — false
• Indonesian: tiruan — false
• Japanese: にせ物の (nisemono no) — false
• Japanese: 疑似の (giji no) — false
• Korean: 거짓의 (geojis-ui) — false
• Korean: 속임수의 (sogimsu-ui) — false
• Korean: 위조된 (wijo-doen) — false
• Latin: reprobus — false
• Māori: tipatipa — false
• Māori: parau — false
• Māori: (hori)hori — false
• Māori: meho — false
• Māori: rūkahu — false
• Māori: teka — false
• Norwegian: falsk — false
• Norwegian: uekte — false
• Persian: مجعول (maj'ul) — false
• Polish: fałszywy — false
• Polish: nieprawdziwy — false
• Polish: nieautentyczny — false
• Polish: podrobiony — false
• Portuguese: espúrio — false
• Russian: ло́жный (lóžnyj) — false
• Russian: подде́льный (poddélʹnyj) — false
• Russian: фальши́вый (falʹšívyj) — false
• Scottish Gaelic: meallta — false
• Scottish Gaelic: mealltach — false
• Spanish: espurio — false
• Swedish: falsk — false
• Swedish: förfalskad — false
• Swedish: oäkta — false
• German: herumirrend — extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted
• German: beiläufig — extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted
• German: ungewollt — extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted
• German: nicht erwünscht — extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted
• Hungarian: kósza — extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted
• Polish: nierelewantny — extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted
• Polish: nieistotny — extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted
• Bulgarian: незаконнороден (nezakonnoroden) — illegitimate
• Catalan: espuri — illegitimate
• Catalan: bastard — illegitimate
• Dutch: onwettelijk — illegitimate
• German: unehelich — illegitimate
• Greek: νόθος (nóthos) — illegitimate
• Ancient Greek: νόθος (nóthos) — illegitimate
• Icelandic: óskilgetinn — illegitimate
• Polish: nieprawny — illegitimate
• Polish: nieślubny — illegitimate
• Portuguese: espúrio — illegitimate
• Russian: внебра́чный (vnebráčnyj) — illegitimate
• Russian: незаконноро́жденный (nezakonnoróždennyj) — illegitimate
• Spanish: espurio — illegitimate
• Swedish: oäkta — illegitimate