fals

See also: FALs

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/fuləsā, filas/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of fool.

Noun

fals (plural fulus)

  1. (numismatics, middle-age) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin falsus (false).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fals (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falses)

  1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Further reading


Friulian

Etymology

From Latin falsus.

Adjective

fals

  1. false

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fals/
  • Rhymes: -als

Etymology 1

From Latin falsus.

Noun

fals n (genitive singular fals, nominative plural föls)

  1. falseness, dissimulation
    Synonym: svik
  2. fraud, imposture
  3. forgery
    Synonym: fölsun
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish fals.

Noun

fals n (genitive singular fals, nominative plural föls)

  1. groove, notch
    Synonyms: skora, gróp
Declension

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fals, borrowed from Latin falsus (false), and partly from Old French fals.

Adjective

fals

  1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Descendants


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin falsus (false).

Adjective

fals m (oblique and nominative feminine singular false)

  1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Declension

Descendants


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 and neuter plural false)

  1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Declension

Synonyms

  • neadevărat

Antonyms

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