pseudo-

pseudo-

See also: pseudo and pseŭdo-

Translingual

Prefix

pseudo-

1. (biology) Not a true, appearing like a true

Derived terms

Translingual terms prefixed with pseudo-

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English

Alternative forms

• pseud- (found before vowels, as in pseudepigraphic)

Etymology

From Middle English pseudo- (but uncommon before Modern English), from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsuːdoʊ/
• Hyphenation: pseu‧do-

Prefix

pseudo-

1. False, not genuine, fake

Synonyms

• (false): mis-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with pseudo-

• pseudodiaxial
• pseudodicotomous
• pseudodiequatorial
• pseudo-Latin

Translations

not genuine

Catalan: pseudo- (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 偽- (ngai6) Mandarin: 偽-／伪- (zh) (wěi-), 假- (zh) (jiǎ-) Czech: pa-, pseudo- (cs) Danish: pseudo-, skin- Esperanto: pseŭdo- (eo) Finnish: sala-, vale-, pseudo- (fi) French: pseudo- (fr) Galician: pseudo- German: after- (de), schein- (de), pseudo- (de), falsch- Greek: ψευδο- (el) (psevdo-) Hindi: छद्म- (chadma-), कूट- (kūṭ-) Hungarian: ál- Icelandic: gervi- Ido: pseudo- Irish: bréag- Italian: pseudo- (it) Japanese: 擬- (ja) (ぎ-, gi-), 疑似 (ja) (giji) Khmer: -ក្លែងក្លាយ (klaengklaay) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: زِڕ-‎ (zirr-) Northern Kurdish: zirr- (ku) Southern Kurdish: زِڕ-‎ (zirr-) Norwegian: Bokmål: pseudo-, psevdo-, falsk- Nynorsk: pseudo-, psevdo-, falsk- Polish: pseudo- (pl), niby- Portuguese: pseudo- Russian: псевдо- (ru) (psevdo-), лже- (ru) (lže-) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: надри- Roman: nadri- Spanish: pseudo-, seudo- Swedish: falsk-, fusk-, pseudo- (sv), kvasi- (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: (please verify) وَهْمِيّ‎ (wahmiyy) Tamil: (please verify) பொய் (ta) (poy), (please verify) போலி (ta) (pōli)

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Pseudo-”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 1543, column 1.

Further reading

• pseudo- at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “pseudo-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “pseudo-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms

Anagrams

• does up, doupes, souped

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Czech

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Synonyms

• pa-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with pseudo-

Related terms

• pseudonym

Further reading

• pseudo- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /søvdo-/, [ˈsœwd̥o-]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Synonyms

• skin-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsœy̯.doː/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English pseudo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpseu̯do-/, [ˈps̠e̞u̯do̞-]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “fake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psø.do/

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

   pseudo-langue ― fake language

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• “pseudo-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”)

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• “pseudo-” in Duden online
• “pseudo-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpsɛw.do/
• Hyphenation: psèu‧do-

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “lying, false”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do/, [ps̠ɛu̯d̪ɔ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do/, [pseu̯d̪o]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. false, fake

Derived terms

Latin terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsɛw.dɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛwdɔ
• Syllabification: pseu‧do

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

   Synonym: niby-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• pseudo- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pseudo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /psewˌdu/ [pseʊ̯ˌdu], /ˌpsew.du/ [ˌpseʊ̯.du], /pi.sewˌdu/ [pi.seʊ̯ˌdu], /piˌsew.du/ [piˌseʊ̯.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /psewˌdu/ [pseʊ̯ˌdu], /ˌpsew.du/ [ˌpseʊ̯.du], /pi.sewˌdu/ [pi.seʊ̯ˌdu], /piˌsew.du/ [piˌseʊ̯.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpsew.do/ [ˌpseʊ̯.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /psew.dɔ/ [psew.ðɔ]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with pseudo-

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• seudo-

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• “pseudo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-