Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untrue

/ʌnˈtɹuː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: un-true
IPA: /ʌnˈtɹuː/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

False; not true.

adj

Not faithful or loyal.

Example Sentences

"She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue."
""I know it is true, for an untrue word never passed her lips.""
"This statement is untrue."
"The service aggressively maintained its position until I produced evidence proving it was untrue - including a recording of one of the calls with a senior MI5 officer."
"Now you say you're sorry / For being so untrue / Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river"
"Let me be the one you come running to / I'll never be untrue"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī Old English untrīewe Middle English untrewe English untrue From Middle English untrewe, from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- + true.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un-
Root: untrewe, untrīewe, *untriuwī, *untriwwiz

Inflected Forms

more untrue (comparative) most untrue (superlative) untrew (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

untruely untrueness untruism untruly

Frequently Paired Words

artificial falsehood absurd nonsense fake truth

Synonyms

false inaccurate incorrect unveridical wrong perfidious unfaithful booky dastardly disleal disloyal double-crossing

Antonyms

true faithful accurate correct factual right truthful veracious veridical

Rhymes With

to you do who to-do new two too through few true due

Questions

How do you pronounce untrue?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈtɹuː/.
What does untrue mean?: False; not true.
Where does untrue come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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