fals

== English == === Alternative forms === fils === Etymology === From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/⁠fuləsā, filas⁠/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of follis and fool. === Noun === fals (plural fulus) (numismatics, Middle Ages) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century. === Anagrams === Alfs, Salf, AFLs, FLSA, alfs, fasl == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin falsus (“false”). First attested in the 12th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfals] Rhymes: -als Homophone: falç === Adjective === fals (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falses) false (untrue, not factual, wrong) ==== Derived terms ==== falsament ==== Related terms ==== falsar falsedat falsejar === References === === Further reading === “fals”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “fals” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “fals” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Friulian == === Etymology === From Latin falsus. === Adjective === fals false == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle High German valsch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɒlʃ] Hyphenation: fals Rhymes: -ɒlʃ === Adjective === fals (comparative falsabb, superlative legfalsabb) false (not well-founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous) Synonyms: hamis, téves, helytelen, ál- fals érvelés ― false argumentation fals pozitív ― false positive fals nyom ― false track (music) out of tune, off-key, wrong fals hang ― wrong note ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === fals (plural falsok) (billiards) spin ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === fals in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024). == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fals/ Rhymes: -als === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin falsus. ==== Noun ==== fals n (genitive singular fals, nominative plural föls) falseness, dissimulation Synonym: svik fraud, imposture forgery Synonym: fölsun ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== falsa (“to falsify”) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Danish fals. ==== Noun ==== fals n (genitive singular fals, nominative plural föls) groove, notch Synonyms: skora, gróp ===== Declension ===== == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch vals (“false”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfal(ə̆)s] === Noun === fals (plural fals-fals) (music) off-key, out of tune Synonyms: sumbang, sember == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fauls, vals faus, fauce === Etymology === From Old English fals, borrowed from Latin falsus (“false”), and partly from Old French fals. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fals/, /fau̯ls/, /fau̯s/ === Adjective === fals false (untrue, not factual, wrong) ==== Descendants ==== English: false Scots: fause Yola: valse, faulse → Irish: falsa, falsach, fallsa (superseded) ==== References ==== “fals, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin falsus (“false”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fals/ === Adjective === fals m (feminine singular falsa, masculine plural falses, feminine plural falsas) false ==== Related terms ==== falsetat falsificar === Further reading === Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 470 Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 287 == Old English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin falsus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɑls/, [fɑɫs] === Noun === fals n falsehood, fraud, counterfeit ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: === Adjective === fals (of weight or coinage) false ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: fals, fauls, vals, faus, fauce (conflated with Old French fals)English: falseScots: fauseYola: valse, faulse→ Irish: falsa, falsach, fallsa (superseded) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Old French == === Alternative forms === falt, fro, faus, faux === Etymology === From Latin falsus (“false”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (early) /ˈfals/ IPA(key): (late) /ˈfaɫs/, /ˈfaws/ === Adjective === fals m (oblique and nominative feminine singular false) false (untrue, not factual, wrong) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: faulxFrench: faux→ English: faux Norman: faux Picard: foe → Dutch: vals → Middle English: fals, fauls, vals, faus, fauce (partly)English: falseScots: fauseYola: valse, faulse→ Irish: falsa, falsach, fallsa (superseded) → Middle High German: vals, fals → Middle Low German: vals == Romanian == === Alternative forms === falș === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Latin falsus (“false”). The variant form falș is from German falsch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fals/ === Adjective === fals m or n (feminine singular falsă, masculine plural falși, feminine/neuter plural false) false (untrue, not factual, wrong) Synonym: neadevărat Antonym: adevărat ==== Declension ==== == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From Dutch vals. === Adjective === fals vicious angry === Verb === fals to be angry