fals

See also: FALS, FALs, and 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 fool.

Noun

fals (plural fulus)

(numismatics, Middle Ages) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.

Anagrams

Salf, fasl

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin falsus (“false”), attested from the 12th century.[1]

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /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

“fals”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin falsus.

Adjective

fals

false

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German falsch, from Old French fals.[1]

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

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fals	falsak
accusative	falsat	falsakat
dative	falsnak	falsaknak
instrumental	falssal	falsakkal
causal-final	falsért	falsakért
translative	falssá	falsakká
terminative	falsig	falsakig
essive-formal	falsként	falsakként
essive-modal	falsul	—
inessive	falsban	falsakban
superessive	falson	falsakon
adessive	falsnál	falsaknál
illative	falsba	falsakba
sublative	falsra	falsakra
allative	falshoz	falsakhoz
elative	falsból	falsakból
delative	falsról	falsakról
ablative	falstól	falsaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	falsé	falsaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	falséi	falsakéi

Derived terms

falsul

Noun

fals (plural falsok)

(billiards) spin

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fals	falsok
accusative	falsot	falsokat
dative	falsnak	falsoknak
instrumental	falssal	falsokkal
causal-final	falsért	falsokért
translative	falssá	falsokká
terminative	falsig	falsokig
essive-formal	falsként	falsokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	falsban	falsokban
superessive	falson	falsokon
adessive	falsnál	falsoknál
illative	falsba	falsokba
sublative	falsra	falsokra
allative	falshoz	falsokhoz
elative	falsból	falsokból
delative	falsról	falsokról
ablative	falstól	falsoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	falsé	falsoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	falséi	falsokéi

Possessive forms of fals
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	falsom	falsaim
2nd person sing.	falsod	falsaid
3rd person sing.	falsa	falsai
1st person plural	falsunk	falsaink
2nd person plural	falsotok	falsaitok
3rd person plural	falsuk	falsaik

References

Fals in Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN (The online version is available with registration for one 2-hour free trial per month.)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fals/
Rhymes: -als

Etymology 1

From Latin falsus.

Noun

fals n (genitive singular fals, nominative plural föls)

falseness, dissimulation
Synonym: svik
fraud, imposture
forgery
Synonym: fölsun

Declension

declension of fals

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	fals	falsið	föls	fölsin
accusative	fals	falsið	föls	fölsin
dative	falsi	falsinu	fölsum	fölsunum
genitive	fals	falsins	falsa	falsanna

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

declension of fals

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	fals	falsið	föls	fölsin
accusative	fals	falsið	föls	fölsin
dative	falsi	falsinu	fölsum	fölsunum
genitive	fals	falsins	falsa	falsanna

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 (first-person possessive falsku, second-person possessive falsmu, third-person possessive falsnya)

(music) off-key, out of tune

Middle English

Alternative forms

false

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fals/

Adjective

fals

false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Descendants

English: false
Scots: fause
Yola: fause, faulss, valse
→ Irish: falsa, falsach

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/
Audio (Béarn) (file)

Adjective

fals m (feminine singular falsa, masculine plural falses, feminine plural falsas)

false

Related terms

falsetat
falsificar

Old English

Etymology

Borrow from Latin falsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɑls/, [fɑɫs]

Noun

fals n

falsehood, fraud, counterfeit

Declension

Declension of fals (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fals	fals
accusative	fals	fals
genitive	falses	falsa
dative	false	falsum

Adjective

fals

(of weight or coinage) false

Declension

Declension of fals — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fals	fals	fals
Accusative	falsne	false	fals
Genitive	falses	falsre	falses
Dative	falsum	falsre	falsum
Instrumental	false	falsre	false
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	false	falsa, false	fals
Accusative	false	falsa, false	fals
Genitive	falsra	falsra	falsra
Dative	falsum	falsum	falsum
Instrumental	falsum	falsum	falsum

Declension of fals — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	falsa	false	false
Accusative	falsan	falsan	false
Genitive	falsan	falsan	falsan
Dative	falsan	falsan	falsan
Instrumental	falsan	falsan	falsan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	falsan	falsan	falsan
Accusative	falsan	falsan	falsan
Genitive	falsra, falsena	falsra, falsena	falsra, falsena
Dative	falsum	falsum	falsum
Instrumental	falsum	falsum	falsum

Descendants

Middle English: fals, false (conflated with Old French fals)
- English: false
- Scots: fause
- Yola: fause, faulss, valse
- → Irish: falsa, falsach

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd 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

Declension of fals

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	fals	false	fals
Singular	Oblique	fals	false		false	fals
Plural	Subject	fals	falses		fals
Plural	Oblique	fals	falses		falses	fals

Descendants

Middle French: faulx
- French: faux
  - → English: faux
Norman: faux
Picard: foe
→ Middle English: fals, false (partly)
- English: false
- Scots: fause
- Yola: fause, faulss, valse
- → Irish: falsa, falsach
→ Middle High German: vals
- Cimbrian: valtz, baltz
→ Middle Dutch: valsch
- Dutch: vals
- Limburgish: valsj
- → Middle High German: valsch
  - German: falsch
    - → Czech: faleš
    - → Polish: fałsz
    - → Romanian: falș
    - → Russian: фальшь (falʹšʹ)
  - Bavarian: foisch
  - Luxembourgish: faslch
  - Yiddish: פֿאַלש‎ (falsh)
  - → Polish: fałsz

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)

false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Declension

Declension of fals

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fals		falsă	falși	false
nominative/ accusative	definite	falsul		falsa	falșii	falsele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fals		false	falși	false
genitive/ dative	definite	falsului		falsei	falșilor	falselor

Synonyms

neadevărat

Antonyms

adevărat

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch vals.

Adjective

fals

vicious
angry

Verb

fals

to be angry

[1] “fals”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

[2] Fals in Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN (The online version is available with registration for one 2-hour free trial per month.)

fals

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

Adjective

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

Declension

References

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

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Noun

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Descendants

References

Occitan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Related terms

Further reading

Old English

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Noun

Declension

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Synonyms

Antonyms

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Adjective

Verb