false

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English lēas (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux. The verb is from Middle English falsen, falsien, from Old French falser, from Latin falsō (“falsify”), itself also from falsus; compare French fausser (“to falsify, to distort”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːls/, /fɒls/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /fɔls/ (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /fɑls/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /fɒls/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /fɔls/ Rhymes: -ɔːls, -ɒls === Adjective === false (comparative falser, superlative falsest) Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. Synonyms: erroneous, fallacious; see also Thesaurus:untrue Antonyms: real, true Based on factually incorrect premises. false legislation, false punishment Spurious, artificial. false teeth (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result. Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful. a false witness Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous. a false friend, lover, or subject;  false to promises Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous. a false conclusion;  a false construction in grammar Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental. Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance. false scorpion (an arachnid) false killer whale (a dolphin) false powderpost beetles (members of Bostrichidae not in Lyctinae) (music) Out of tune. ==== Synonyms ==== lease ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === false (third-person singular simple present falses, present participle falsing, simple past and past participle falsed) (electronics, telecommunications, of a decoder) To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal. To begin a race before being instructed to do so; to do a false start. (obsolete) To violate, to betray (a promise, an agreement, one’s faith, etc.). Synonyms: double-cross, falsify, sell out; see also Thesaurus:betray (obsolete) To counterfeit, to forge. (obsolete) To make false, to corrupt from something true or real. === Adverb === false (comparative more false, superlative most false) In a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely. Synonyms: dastardly, insincerely, traitorwise; see also Thesaurus:falsely, Thesaurus:treacherously === Noun === false (plural falses) One of two options on a true-or-false test, that not representing true. === Anagrams === A.S.L.E.F., Leafs, alefs, fasel, feals, fleas, leafs, lefsa == Galician == === Verb === false inflection of falsar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfal.se/ Rhymes: -alse Hyphenation: fàl‧se === Adjective === false f pl feminine plural of falso == Latin == === Adverb === falsē (comparative falsius, superlative falsissimē) falsely, mistakenly Synonym: falsō === Noun === false vocative singular of falsus === References === “false”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "false", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “false”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɑl.se/, [ˈfɑɫ.ze] === Noun === false dative singular of fals === Adjective === false inflection of fals: strong accusative feminine singular strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural weak nominative feminine/neuter singular weak accusative neuter singular == Portuguese == === Verb === false inflection of falsar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === false inflection of falsar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative