present participle of false

False decoding (by a telecommunications decoder).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of false

plural of false

(obsolete) False.

(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.

Behavior that is intended to seem humble but comes across as fake and unflattering.

Representation of untrue facts.

plural of false pretense

A word which is identical or similar in both form and meaning to another word, and therefore appears to also be cognate (etymologically related) to it, but which is in fact unrelated.