"untruth" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʌnˈtɹuːθ/ Forms: untruths [plural]
enPR: ŭn-trōōth′ Rhymes: -uːθ Etymology: Inherited from Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowþ and unġetrēowþ, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwiþu and *ungatriuwiþu, equivalent to un- + truth. Cognate with Old High German ungitriuwida. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|untreuth|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English untreuth, {{inh+|en|enm|untreuth}} Inherited from Middle English untreuth, {{inh|en|ang|untrēowþ}} Old English untrēowþ, {{m|ang|unġetrēowþ}} unġetrēowþ, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*untriuwiþu}} Proto-West Germanic *untriuwiþu, {{m|gmw-pro|*ungatriuwiþu}} *ungatriuwiþu, {{pre|en|un|truth}} un- + truth, {{cog|goh|ungitriuwida}} Old High German ungitriuwida Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} untruth (countable and uncountable, plural untruths)
  1. A lie or falsehood. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (lie or falsehood): ψεῦδος (pseûdos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), лъжа (lǎža) [feminine] (Bulgarian), неистина (neistina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), usandhed [common-gender] (Danish), mensonge [masculine] (French), menterie [feminine] (French), contrevérité [feminine] (French), Unwahrheit [feminine] (German), ainfhírinne [feminine] (Irish), ainbhfíor [masculine] (Irish), bugia [feminine] (Italian), falsità [feminine] (Italian), iheeni [class-5] (Kikuyu), usannhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Lieej [feminine] (Plautdietsch), Onwoarheit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), inverdade [feminine] (Portuguese), непра́вда (neprávda) [feminine] (Russian), मिथ्या (mithyā) (Sanskrit), असत्य (asatya) [neuter] (Sanskrit), neistina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), netačnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), osanning [common-gender] (Swedish), అసత్యము (asatyamu) (Telugu), waike (Tocharian B), anwiredd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-untruth-en-noun-0FaI8ZF~ Disambiguation of 'lie or falsehood': 99 1
  2. The condition of being false; truthlessness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the condition of being false): погрешност (pogrešnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-untruth-en-noun-ZWQQv5JZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'the condition of being false': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: falsehood

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "mithyā",
      "sense": "lie or falsehood",
      "word": "मिथ्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "asatya",
      "sense": "lie or falsehood",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "असत्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lie or falsehood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neistina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lie or falsehood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "netačnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lie or falsehood",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "osanning"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "asatyamu",
      "sense": "lie or falsehood",
      "word": "అసత్యము"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "lie or falsehood",
      "word": "waike"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "lie or falsehood",
      "word": "anwiredd"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pogrešnost",
      "sense": "the condition of being false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "погрешност"
    }
  ],
  "word": "untruth"
}

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