# fals
## English
### Alternative forms

* fils

### Etymology

From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/⁠fuləsā, filas⁠/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of follis and fool.

### Noun

fals (plural fulus)
* (numismatics, Middle Ages) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.

### Anagrams

* Alfs, Salf, AFLs, FLSA, alfs, fasl

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin falsus (“false”). First attested in the 12th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfals]
* Rhymes: -als
* Homophone: falç

### Adjective

fals (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falses)
* false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

#### Derived terms

* falsament

#### Related terms

* falsar
* falsedat
* falsejar

### References

* ↑ “fals”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “fals” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fals” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fals” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin falsus.

### Adjective

fals
* false

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German valsch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɒlʃ]
* Hyphenation: fals
* Rhymes: -ɒlʃ

### Adjective

fals (comparative falsabb, superlative legfalsabb)
* false (not well-founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous)
    Synonyms: hamis, téves, helytelen, ál-
    fals érvelés ― false argumentation
    fals pozitív ― false positive
    fals nyom ― false track
* (music) out of tune, off-key, wrong
    fals hang ― wrong note

#### Derived terms

* falsul

### Noun

fals (plural falsok)
* (billiards) spin

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ fals in Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)

### Further reading

* fals in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fals/
* Rhymes: -als

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin falsus.

#### Noun

fals n (genitive singular fals, nominative plural föls)
* falseness, dissimulation
    Synonym: svik
* fraud, imposture
* forgery
    Synonym: fölsun

##### Related terms

* falsa (“to falsify”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish fals.

#### Noun

fals n (genitive singular fals, nominative plural föls)
* groove, notch
    Synonyms: skora, gróp

##### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch vals (“false”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfal(ə̆)s]

### Noun

fals (plural fals-fals)
* (music) off-key, out of tune

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* fauls, vals
* faus, fauce

### Etymology

From Old English fals, borrowed from Latin falsus (“false”), and partly from Old French fals.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fals/, /fau̯ls/, /fau̯s/

### Adjective

fals
* false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

#### Descendants

* English: false
* Scots: fause
* Yola: fause, faulse, valse
* → Irish: falsa, falsach, fallsa (superseded)

#### References

* “fals, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin falsus (“false”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fals/
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Adjective

fals m (feminine singular falsa, masculine plural falses, feminine plural falsas)
* false

#### Related terms

* falsetat
* falsificar

### Further reading

* Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 470.
* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 287.

## Old English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin falsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɑls/, [fɑɫs]

### Noun

fals n
* falsehood, fraud, counterfeit

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

### Adjective

fals
* (of weight or coinage) false

#### Descendants

* Middle English: fals, fauls, vals, faus, fauce (conflated with Old French fals)
** English: false
** Scots: fause
** Yola: fause, faulse, valse
** → Irish: falsa, falsach, fallsa (superseded)

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* falt, fro, faus, faux

### Etymology

From Latin falsus (“false”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (early) /ˈfals/
* IPA: (late) /ˈfaɫs/, /ˈfaws/

### Adjective

fals m (oblique and nominative feminine singular false)
* false (untrue, not factual, wrong)

#### Descendants

* Middle French: faulx
** French: faux
*** → English: faux
* Norman: faux
* Picard: foe
* → Dutch: vals
* → Middle English: fals, fauls, vals, faus, fauce (partly)
** English: false
** Scots: fause
** Yola: fause, faulse, valse
** → Irish: falsa, falsach, fallsa (superseded)
* → Middle High German: vals, fals
* → Middle Low German: vals

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* falș

### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin falsus (“false”). The variant form falș is from German falsch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fals/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

fals m or n (feminine singular falsă, masculine plural falși, feminine and neuter plural false)
* false (untrue, not factual, wrong)
    Synonym: neadevărat
    Antonym: adevărat

#### Declension
## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From Dutch vals.

### Adjective

fals
* vicious
* angry

### Verb

fals
* to be angry