fraudulent

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔː.d͡ʒʊ.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.d͡ʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.djə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔːd͡ʒ.lənt/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔd͡ʒ.lənt/ (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɑ.d͡ʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɑd͡ʒ.lənt/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɒd͡ʒ.ə.lənt/, [ˈfɹɒd͡ʒ.lənt] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfɹoː.d͡ʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹoːd͡ʒ.lənt/ === Adjective === fraudulent (comparative more fraudulent, superlative most fraudulent) Dishonest; based on fraud or deception. False, phony. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:deceptive See also Thesaurus:fake ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fraudulentus. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === fraudulent (feminine fraudulenta, masculine plural fraudulents, feminine plural fraudulentes) fraudulent ==== Derived terms ==== fraudulentament ==== Related terms ==== frau fraudulència === Further reading === “fraudulent”, 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 “fraudulent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “fraudulent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “fraudulent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fraudelent, ffraudulent === Etymology === From Middle French fraudulent, itself borrowed from Latin fraudulentus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfrau̯diu̯lɛnt/, /ˈfrau̯dilɛnt/ === Adjective === fraudulent Dishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud. Necrotic, rotting; infected with or afflicted with gangrene. ==== Descendants ==== English: fraudulent ==== References ==== “fraude, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 December 2018.