fausseté

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French falseté, based on Late Latin falsitātem, from Latin falsus. By surface analysis, fausse +‎ -eté.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fos.te/
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Noun

fausseté f (countable and uncountable, plural faussetés)

(uncountable) falseness, falsity, falsehood (property of being false)
(countable, rare) falsehood (false statement)
Near-synonyms: contrevérité, mensonge

Related terms

Further reading

“fausseté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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