not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement. Synonyms: untrue, wrong, incorrect, mistaken uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness.

Of a balance, measure: Not truly adjusted, incorrect. Also, Of play: Unfair. Of dice: Loaded so as to fall unfairly. † false point noun a stroke of deceit ...

7 дней назад · FALSE definition: 1. not real, but made to look or seem real: 2. not true, but made to seem true in order to deceive…. Learn more.

VERBS, NOUN, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB. fail, failure. falsify, falsity falsehood, false. fame, famous infamous, famously. fashion, fashionable unfashionable ...

Etymology. From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; ...

It comes from the Old French fals, which is faux in Modern French: "false,fake, incorrect, or mistaken." Definitions of false. adjective. not in accordance with ...

5 июл. 2023 г. · From c. 1200 as "deceitful, disloyal, treacherous; not genuine;" from early 14c. as "contrary to fact or reason, erroneous, wrong." Adopted into ...

​(literary) (of people) not faithful. a false lover. Word OriginOld English fals 'fraud, deceit', from Latin falsum 'fraud', neuter past participle of fallere ... False friend · False beginner noun · False flag noun · False start noun

false /fɔls/USA pronunciation adj., fals•er, fals•est. not true or correct; erroneous; wrong:a false statement. uttering or declaring what is untrue;

The earliest known use of the verb false is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for false is from before 1225, in Juliana.