fals

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See also: FALS, FALs, and 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 follis and fool.

Noun

fals (plural fulus)

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin falsus (false). First attested in the 12th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ fals”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin falsus.

Adjective

fals

  1. false

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German valsch.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

fals (comparative falsabb, superlative legfalsabb)

  1. false (not well-founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous)
    Synonyms: hamis, téves, helytelen, ál-
    fals érvelésfalse argumentation
    fals pozitívfalse positive
    fals nyomfalse track
  2. (music) out of tune, off-key, wrong
    fals hangwrong 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

Noun

fals (plural falsok)

  1. (billiards) spin

Declension

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

  1. ^ fals in Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)

Further reading

  • fals in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch vals (false), from Latin falsus (counterfeit, false; falsehood), perfect passive participle of fallō (deceive).

Pronunciation

Noun

fals (plural fals-fals)

  1. (music) off-key, out of tune

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fals/, /fau̯ls/, /fau̯s/

Adjective

fals

  1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Descendants

References

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan , from Latin falsus (false).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fals/
  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Adjective

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

  1. false

Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 470.
  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 287.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin falsus.

Pronunciation

Noun

fals n

  1. falsehood, fraud, counterfeit

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fals fals
accusative fals fals
genitive falses falsa
dative false falsum

Adjective

fals

  1. (of weight or coinage) false

Declension

Descendants

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin falsus (false).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (early) /ˈfals/
  • IPA(key): (late) /ˈfaɫs/, /ˈfaws/

Adjective

fals m (oblique and nominative feminine singular false)

  1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

Declension

Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject fals false fals
oblique fals false fals
plural subject fals falses fals
oblique fals falses fals

Descendants

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin falsus (false). The variant form falș is from German falsch.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fals m or n (feminine singular falsă, masculine plural falși, feminine and neuter plural false)

  1. false (untrue, not factual, wrong)
    Synonym: neadevărat
    Antonym: adevărat

Declension

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch vals.

Adjective

fals

  1. vicious
  2. angry

Verb

fals

  1. to be angry