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false
English
Etymology
From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fall? (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English l?as (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /f??ls/, /f?ls/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f?ls/, /f?ls/
Adjective
false (comparative falser, superlative falsest)
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Spurious, artificial.
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
- (music) Out of tune.
Synonyms
- lease
- See also Thesaurus:false
Antonyms
- (untrue): real, true
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
false (comparative more false, superlative most false)
- in a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.
Noun
false (plural falses)
- One of two options on a true-or-false test.
Anagrams
- A.S.L.E.F., Leafs, alefs, fasel, feals, fleas, leafs, lefsa
Italian
Adjective
false f pl
- feminine plural of falso
Latin
Noun
false
- vocative singular of falsus
References
- false in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- false in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- false in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Spanish
Verb
false
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of falsar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of falsar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of falsar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of falsar.
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apparent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French apparent, Old French aparant, in turn from Latin apparens ?-entis, present participle of appareo.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??pæ.??nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /??pæ.??nt/, /??p?.??nt/
Adjective
apparent (comparative more apparent, superlative most apparent)
- Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV,
- […] Hesperus, that led / The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, / Rising in clouded majesty, at length / Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, / And o’er the dark her silver mantle threw.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV,
- Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
- c. 1595–6, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, Act IV, Scene 2,
- Salisbury: It is apparent foul-play; and ’tis shame / That greatness should so grossly offer it: / So thrive it in your game! and so, farewell.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 20
- When I came to Renfield's room I found him lying on the floor on his left side in a glittering pool of blood. When I went to move him, it became at once apparent that he had received some terrible injuries.
- c. 1595–6, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, Act IV, Scene 2,
- Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
- 1785, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Essay II (“Of the Powers we have by means of our External Senses”), Chapter XIX (“Of Matter and of Space”),
- What George Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.
- 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second,
- To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship.
- 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica, “Aberration”,
- This apparent motion is due to the finite velocity of light, and the progressive motion of the observer with the earth, as it performs its yearly course about the sun.
- 1785, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Essay II (“Of the Powers we have by means of our External Senses”), Chapter XIX (“Of Matter and of Space”),
Usage notes
- The word apparent has two common uses that are almost in opposition. One means roughly “clear; clearly true”, and serves to make a statement more decisive:
- It was apparent that no one knew the answer. (=No one knew the answer, and it showed.)
- The other is roughly “seeming; to all appearances”, and serves to make a statement less decisive:
- The apparent source of the hubbub was a stray kitten. (=There was a stray kitten, and it seemed to be the source of the hubbub.)
- The same ambivalence occurs with the derived adverb apparently, which usually means “seemingly” but can also mean “clearly”, especially when it is modified by another adverb, such as quite.
Synonyms
- (easy to see): visible, conspicuous, distinct, plain, obvious, clear
- (easy to understand): distinct, plain, obvious, clear, certain, evident, manifest, indubitable, notorious, transparent
- (seeming to be the case): illusory, superficial
Antonyms
- (within sight or view): hidden, invisible
- (clear to the understanding): ambiguous, obscure
Derived terms
- apparency
- apparent horizon
- apparent time
- apparently
- apparentness
- heir apparent
Related terms
- apparition
- appear
- appearance
Translations
References
- apparent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- trappean
French
Etymology
From Old French aparent, aparant, borrowed from Latin apparens, apparentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pa.???/
Adjective
apparent (feminine singular apparente, masculine plural apparents, feminine plural apparentes)
- apparent (all senses)
Derived terms
- héritier apparent
Related terms
- apparemment
- apparence
- apparaître
- apparoir
Further reading
- “apparent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
apparent
- third-person plural present active indicative of app?re?
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of appar?
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