untruth

English

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭn-trōōth′, IPA^(key): /ʌnˈtɹuːθ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːθ

Noun

untruth (countable and uncountable, plural untruths)

1. A lie or falsehood.
   • 2022 January 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Government's IRP claims condemned as "dishonest"”, in RAIL, number 949, page 7:

     He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted.

2. The condition of being false; truthlessness.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:falsehood

Translations

lie or falsehood

• Bulgarian: лъжа (bg) f (lǎža), неистина (bg) f (neistina)
• Czech: nepravda (cs) f
• Danish: usandhed (da) c
• French: mensonge (fr) m, menterie (fr) f, contrevérité (fr) f
• German: Unwahrheit (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ψεῦδος n (pseûdos)

• Irish: ainfhírinne f, ainbhfíor m
• Italian: bugia (it) f, falsità (it) f
• Kikuyu: iheeni class 5
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: usannhet m or f

• Plautdietsch: Lieej f, Onwoarheit f
• Portuguese: inverdade (pt) f
• Russian: непра́вда (ru) f (neprávda)
• Sanskrit: मिथ्या (sa) (mithyā), असत्य (sa) n (asatya)
• Serbo-Croatian: neistina (sh) f, netačnost f
• Swedish: osanning (sv) c
• Telugu: అసత్యము (te) (asatyamu)
• Tocharian B: waike
• Welsh: anwiredd (cy)

the condition of being false

• Bulgarian: погрешност f (pogrešnost)