Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tralse

/tɹɔls/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tralse
IPA: /tɹɔls/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Both true and false.

Example Sentences

"In the instance of a scientific model or theory being falsified it is proposed to describe the predicate as tralse, ie true before time t and false thereafter."
"I mean what kind of a name for a band is Tralse, anyway? True and false at the same time? I can't believe I used to think that was clever."
"Is there possibly something else / In the middle of true and false? / Could there be such a thing as / Tralse?"
"What we should really experience, then, is a fusion of the two, true and false, which we could more accurately record, and refer to, as tralse. The Liar paradox generates tralse, not true and false (which separately are all our minds are capable of handling), and tralse is a permanent state of the two with no oscillations, no variations."

Etymology

Blend of true + false.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tɹɔls/

Rhymes With

valse

Questions

How do you pronounce tralse?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹɔls/.
What does tralse mean?: Both true and false.
Where does tralse come from?: Blend of true + false.

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