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Definition for: false

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English

Etymology

Though it exists in late Old English, fals was not common usage until the 12th century. It probably entered or reentered the language through Old French or Norman, fals, faus . Prior to that it is clear to have come from Latin, falsus , which mean "falsehood", from the earlier verb fallere , "to decieve".

Pronunciation

Adjective

false

  1. untrue, not factual, wrong
  2. spurious, artificial (as in false teeth )
  3. ( logic ) A state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

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untrue, not factual, wrong (1)
  • Danish: falsk
  • Finnish: valheellinen, epätosi, väärä, vale- (prefix)
  • French: faux m . , fausse f . , incorrect m . , incorrecte f .
  • German: falsch, unwahr
  • Greek: ψευδής (pseuðís) m . , λάθος (làθos) n .
  • Indonesian: salah
  • Interlingua: false
  • Polish: fałszywy, nieprawdziwy
  • Portuguese: falso m . , falsa f . , errado m . , errada f .
  • Romanian: fals n . , neadevăr n .
  • Swedish: falsk, osann
  • Turkish: yanlış, yalan
spurious, artificial (2)
  • Danish: kunstig
  • Finnish: teko- (prefix), keino- (prefix)
  • French: faux m . , fausse f . , artificiel m . , artificielle f .
  • German: falsch
  • Greek: πλαστός (plastós) m . , κίβδηλος (kívðilos) m . , νόθος (nóθos) m .
  • Indonesian: buatan
  • Interlingua: false
  • Polish: sztuczny
  • Portuguese: falso m . , falsa f . , artificial
  • Romanian: fals n .
  • Spanish: postiza
  • Swedish: konstgjord
  • Turkish: yapay, sahte
A state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result (3)
  • Finnish: epätosi
  • French: faux m . , fausse f .
  • Swedish: falskt
  • Turkish: yanlış
  • Catalan : fals m . , falsa f .
  • Dutch : vals, fout, onjuist, onecht
  • Hebrew : לא נכון
  • Ido : falsa
  • Indonesian : palsu
  • Irish : bréagach
  • Italian : falso
  • Japanese : 否, 偽の (にせの, nise-no)
  • Latin : falsus
  • Romanian :
  • Spanish : falso, falaz
  • Welsh : anwir

Other Translations for "false"

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Binary 1100110 1100001 1101100 1110011 1100101
Hex66616C7365
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