different between palsa vs falsa

English

Etymology

From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.

Noun

palsa (plural palsas)

1. (geomorphology) A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.

Translations

Anagrams

• alaps, lapas, palas, plaas, salpa

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ls?/, [?p?ls??]
• Rhymes: -?ls?
• Syllabification: pal?sa

Etymology 1

From Northern Sami balsa.

Noun

palsa

1. (geomorphology) palsa

Declension

Etymology 2

Originally a slang shortening of palttoo.

Noun

palsa

1. (colloquial) long overcoat

Declension

Synonyms

• palttoo

Anagrams

• salpa

English

Noun

falsa (plural falsas)

1. Alternative form of phalsa

Anagrams

• alfas, fa-las, salaf

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?fal.s?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fal.sa/

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of fals

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?falsa/
• Hyphenation: fal?sa
• Rhymes: -alsa

Adjective

falsa (accusative singular falsan, plural falsaj, accusative plural falsajn)

1. fake, counterfeit, false (not genuine, but rather artificial)

Derived terms

• falsa amiko (“false friend”)

Related terms

• falsi (“to forge, counterfeit”)

See also

• malvera (“untrue”)

Icelandic

Verb

falsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative falsaði, supine falsað)

1. to falsify, forge

Conjugation

Related terms

Irish

Alternative forms

• falsach

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English false, fals, from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false”) via both Old English fals (“false”) and Anglo-Norman fals, faus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?al??s??/

Adjective

falsa

1. false
2. lazy

Declension

Derived terms

• fear falsa

Mutation

Further reading

• "falsa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “falsa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “falsa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fal.sa/

Etymology 1

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of falso

Etymology 2

Verb

falsa

1. third-person singular present indicative of falsare
2. second-person singular imperative of falsare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fal.sa/, [?fä??s?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fal.sa/, [?f?ls?]

Noun

falsa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of falsum

Adjective

falsa

1. inflection of falsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

fals?

1. ablative feminine singular of falsus

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of fals

Old Spanish

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of falso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -awsa

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of falso

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?falsa/, [?fal.sa]

Etymology 1

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of falso

Etymology 2

Verb

falsa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of falsar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of falsar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of falsar.