pseudo-

See also: pseudo and pseŭdo-

Translingual

Prefix

pseudo-

1. (biology) Not a true, appearing like a true

Derived terms

Translingual terms prefixed with pseudo-

English

Alternative forms

• pseud- (before a vowel other than O)

Etymology

From Middle English pseudo- (but uncommon before Modern English), from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsjuː.dəʊ/, /ˈsuː.dəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.doʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: pseu‧do-

Prefix

pseudo-

1. False; not genuine; fake.
2. (proscribed) Quasi-; almost.

Synonyms

• (false): mis-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with pseudo-

• pseudodiaxial
• pseudodicotomous
• pseudodiequatorial
• pseudodoxy
• pseudo-Latin

Translations

not genuine

• Catalan: pseudo- (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 偽- / 伪- (ngai⁶)

  Mandarin: 偽- / 伪- (zh) (wěi-), 假- (zh) (jiǎ-)

• Czech: pa- (cs), pseudo- (cs)
• Danish: pseudo-, skin-
• Esperanto: pseŭdo- (eo)
• Finnish: sala-, vale-, pseudo- (fi)
• French: pseudo- (fr)
• Galician: pseudo-
• Georgian: ფსევდო- (ka) (psevdo-), კვაზი- (ḳvazi-)
• German: after- (de), schein- (de), pseudo- (de), falsch-
• Greek: ψευδο- (el) (psevdo-)
• Hindi: छद्म- (chadma-), कूट- (kūṭ-)
• Hungarian: ál- (hu)
• Icelandic: gervi-
• Ido: pseudo-
• Interlingua: pseudo-
• Irish: bréag-
• Italian: pseudo- (it)
• Japanese: 擬- (ja) (ぎ-, gi-), 疑似 (ja) (giji)
• Khmer: -ក្លែងក្លាយ (klaengklaay)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زِڕ- (zirr-)

  Northern Kurdish: zirr- (ku)

  Southern Kurdish: زِڕ- (zirr-)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pseudo-, psevdo-, falsk-

  Nynorsk: pseudo-, psevdo-, falsk-

• Polish: pseudo- (pl), niby-
• Portuguese: pseudo- (pt)
• Russian: псевдо- (ru) (psevdo-), лже- (ru) (lže-)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: надри-

  Roman: nadri-

• Spanish: pseudo-, seudo-
• Swedish: falsk-, fusk-, pseudo- (sv), kvasi- (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} وَهْمِيّ (wahmiyy)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} பொய் (ta) (poy), ^{(please verify)} போலி (ta) (pōli)

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Pseudo-”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1543, column 1.

Further reading

• “pseudo-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “pseudo-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “pseudo-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms

Anagrams

• psuedo, does up, doupes, psuedo-, souped

Czech

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

   Synonym: pa-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with pseudo-

Related terms

• pseudonym

Further reading

• pseudo- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /søvdo-/, [ˈsœwd̥o-]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Synonyms

• skin-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with pseudo-

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsœy̯.doː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with pseudo-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English pseudo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpseu̯do-/, [ˈps̠e̞u̯do̞-]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

compounds

• pseudoefedriini

 

Further reading

• “pseudo-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Alternative forms

• pseud- (found before vowels, as in pseudesthésie)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδο- (pseudo-, “false”), from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psø.do/

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

   pseudo-langue ― fake language

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• “pseudo-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• “pseudo-” in Duden online
• “pseudo-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Interlingua

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

References

• Alexander Gode, Hugh Blair (1951) Interlingua Grammar, International Auxiliary Language Association, Inc., page 110

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpsɛw.do/
• Hyphenation: psèu‧do-

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with pseudo-

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “lying, false”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do/, [ps̠ɛu̯d̪ɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do/, [pseu̯d̪o]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. false, fake

Derived terms

Latin terms prefixed with pseudo-

Malay

Etymology

Internationalism (see English pseudo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(p)sudo-/, /(p)seudo-/
• Hyphenation: (p)su‧do-, (p)séu‧do-

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Further reading

• “pseudo” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psɛw.dɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛwdɔ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
• Homophone: pseudo

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (false, not genuine, fake)

   Synonym: niby-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• pseudo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpsew.do/, /piˌsew.do/, /-du/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /psew.dɔ/ [psew.ðɔ]

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

   pseudociência ― pseudoscience

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with pseudo-

Romanian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with pseudo-

Spanish

Alternative forms

• seudo-

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with pseudo-

Further reading

• “pseudo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²(p)sɛvdʊ-/

Words with this prefix receive a grave accent. The first pitch peak is on the syllable pseudo while the second peak is placed later in the prefixed word.

Prefix

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with pseudo-