Translation for 'false' from English to French

false

faux {adj}

fallacieux {adj} [promesse, prétexte]

bidon {adj} [fam.] [adresse, numéro]

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absolutely false

archifaux {adj}

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to ring false [also fig.]

sonner faux [aussi fig.]

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false accusation

dénonciation {f} calomnieusedr.

false alarm

fausse alerte {f}

false ceiling

faux plafond {m}arch.constr.

false charge

dénonciation {f} calomnieusedr.

false economy

fausse économie {f}fin.

false friend

faux ami {m}ling.

false modesty

fausse modestie {f}

false negative

résultat {m} faussement négatif

false positive

résultat {m} faussement positif

false pretences [Br.]

simulation {f} de faits mensongersdr.

false pretenses [Am.]

simulation {f} de faits mensongersdr.

false report

fausse nouvelle {f}journ.RadioTV

false saffron [Carthamus tinctorius, syn.: Calcitrapa tinctoria, Carduus tinctorius, Centaurea carthamus]

carthame {m} des teinturiers [Carthamus tinctorius]bot.

false start [also fig.]

faux départ {m} [aussi fig.]sport

false story

canular {m}journ.

false tears

larmes {f.pl} de crocodile

false teeth {pl}

prothèse {f} [dentier]dent.méd.

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under false pretences

par des moyens frauduleux {adv}dr.

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to be false to sth.

forfaire à qc. [fam.] [promesse, honneur]

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false flag operation

opération {f} sous fausse bannièremil.pol.

false memory syndrome

syndrome {m} du faux souvenirpsych.

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to play a false note

faire un canardmus.

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to be lulled into a false sense of security

se laisser endormir dans une sécurité trompeuse

to turn out to be false

s'avérer faux

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complete set of false teeth

prothèse {f} complete [dentier]dent.

suitcase with a false bottom

valise {f} à double fond

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false castor oil

datura {f} officinal [Datura stramonium, syn : D. inermis, D. stramonium tatula, D. tatula]bot.T

false heath fritillary [butterfly]

damier {m} noir [Melitaea diamina]entom.T

mélitée {f} noirâtre [Melitaea diamina]entom.T

false hellebore

adonis {m} de printemps [Adonis vernalis]bot.T

false medlar

alisier {m} nain [Sorbus chamaemespilus, syn. : C. alpina, Crataegus alpina, Mespilus chamaemespilus, Pyrus chamaemespilus]bot.T

sorbier {m} nain [Sorbus chamaemespilus, syn. : C. alpina, Crataegus alpina, Mespilus chamaemespilus, Pyrus chamaemespilus]bot.T

sorbier {m} petit néflier [Sorbus chamaemespilus, syn. : C. alpina, Crataegus alpina, Mespilus chamaemespilus, Pyrus chamaemespilus]bot.T

false plane-tree [sycamore maple]

érable {f} sycomore [Acer pseudoplatanus]bot.T

false sneezewort

achillée {f} ptarmique [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]bot.T

achillée {f} des marais [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]bot.T

achillée {f} sternutatoire [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]bot.T

false tomato frog

grenouille {f} tomate [Dyscophus guineti]zool.T

false wolf spider

zoropse {f} à pattes épineuses [Zoropsis spinimana]zool.T

• False memories result from persistent beliefs, suggestions via authority figures, or statements of false information.
• They are true/false statements, as would mean false.
• False negatives and false positives are significant issues in medical testing.
• The ninth commandment (alphabets 354-362) discusses all kinds of false witnesses, including false prophets.
• Pseudo-mythology should not be confused with the term "false mythology" in the derogatory meanings of "false beliefs" or "false/fabricated stories".

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• Mithyātva is an important concept on false knowledge in Jainism. The Jaina scholar Hemachandra defined mithyātva as "belief in false divinities, false gurus and false scriptures".
• Polage showed that some participants exposed to false news stories would go on to have false memories.
• The common false moray, false moray, grey reef eel, or plain false moray, ("Kaupichthys diodontus"), is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.
• "Siphonaria gigas", common name the giant false limpet, is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.
• When all inputs are false, the output is false.

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• "Sorbaria sorbifolia", the false spiraea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.
• Serious issues arise when recovered but false memories result in public allegations; false complaints carry serious consequences for the accused.
• Another possible case sets P as false and Q as true. Thus, P∧Q is false and P→(P∧Q) is false; false→false is true.
• While false memory research is still in early development, the application of FTT in false memory has been able to apply to real world settings; FTT has been effective in explaining multiple phenomena of false memory.
• The false positive rate (or "false alarm rate") usually refers to the expectancy of the false positive ratio, expressed by [...].

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• Another example is Dunn's 4-valued logic, in which "false" < "neither-true-nor-false" < "true" and "false" < "both-true-and-false" < "true", while "neither-true-nor-false" and "both-true-and-false" are not comparable.
• Truth tables for if-then statements identify four unique combinations of premises and conclusions: true premises and true conclusions; false premises and true conclusions; true premises and false conclusions; false premises and false conclusions.