mensonge

Definitions of mensonge
  1. noun
    a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
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    types:
    petit mensonge
    a trivial lie
    conte de fées
    an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
  2. noun
    a false statement
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    antonyms:
    vérité
    a true statement
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    fable
    a deliberately false or improbable account
    tromperie
    a misleading falsehood
    contradiction
    (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
    paradoxe
    (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
    petit mensonge
    a trivial lie
    déguisement
    a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
    dissimulation
    pretending with intention to deceive
    ruse, tromperie
    verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
    type of:
    déclaration
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
  3. noun
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
    synonyms: invention
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    type of:
    contrefaçon, falsification, imitation, plagiat
    a willful perversion of facts
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