"pseudo-" meaning in English

See pseudo- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈsjuː.dəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsuː.dəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsu.doʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pseudo.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-pseudo-.wav Forms: pseud- [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English pseudo- (but uncommon before Modern English), from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pseudo-}} Middle English pseudo-, {{der|en|grc|ψευδής||false, lying}} Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”) Head templates: {{en-prefix}} pseudo-
  1. False; not genuine; fake. Tags: morpheme Synonyms (false): mis- Derived forms: pseudodiaxial, pseudodicotomous, pseudodiequatorial, pseudodoxy, pseudo-Latin Translations (not genuine): زائف- (Arabic), pseudo- (Catalan), زِڕ- (zirr-) (Central Kurdish), 偽- /伪- (ngai⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 偽- /伪- (wěi-) (Chinese Mandarin), 假- (jiǎ-) (Chinese Mandarin), pa- (Czech), pseudo- (Czech), pseudo- (Danish), skin- (Danish), pseŭdo- (Esperanto), sala- (Finnish), vale- (Finnish), pseudo- (Finnish), pseudo- (French), pseudo- (Galician), ფსევდო- (psevdo-) (Georgian), კვაზი- (ḳvazi-) (Georgian), after- (German), schein- (German), pseudo- (German), falsch- (German), ψευδο- (psevdo-) (Greek), छद्म- (chadma-) (Hindi), कूट- (kūṭ-) (Hindi), ál- (Hungarian), gervi- (Icelandic), pseudo- (Ido), pseudo- (Interlingua), bréag- (Irish), pseudo- (Italian), 擬- (gi-) (alt: ぎ-) (Japanese), 疑似 (giji) (Japanese), -ក្លែងក្លាយ (klaengklaay) (Khmer), zirr- (Northern Kurdish), pseudo- (Norwegian Bokmål), psevdo- (Norwegian Bokmål), falsk- (Norwegian Bokmål), pseudo- (Norwegian Nynorsk), psevdo- (Norwegian Nynorsk), falsk- (Norwegian Nynorsk), pseudo- (Polish), niby- (Polish), pseudo- (Portuguese), псевдо- (psevdo-) (Russian), лже- (lže-) (Russian), надри- [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nadri- [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), زِڕ- (zirr-) (Southern Kurdish), pseudo- (Spanish), seudo- (Spanish), falsk- (Swedish), fusk- (Swedish), pseudo- (Swedish), kvasi- (Swedish), псевдо- (psevdo-) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (proscribed) Quasi-; almost. Tags: morpheme, proscribed
    Sense id: en-pseudo--en-prefix-driCNyt0 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 52 48

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "not genuine",
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          "roman": "ḳvazi-",
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          "word": "擬-"
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      "word": "زائف-"
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      "roman": "klaengklaay",
      "sense": "not genuine",
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "sense": "not genuine",
      "word": "زِڕ-"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "niby-"
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