ψευδο-
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ψευδ- (pseud-) — before a vowel
Combining form
ψευδο- • (pseudo-)
- combining form of ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”)
Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ψευδο-
Descendants
Descendants
- Greek: ψευδο- (psevdo-)
- → Catalan: pseudo-
- → Czech: pseudo-
- → Danish: pseudo-
- → Dutch: pseudo-
- → English: pseudo-
- → Esperanto: pseŭdo-
- → Finnish: pseudo-
- → French: pseudo-
- → German: pseudo-
- → Galician: pseudo-
- → Georgian: ფსევდო- (psevdo-)
- → German: pseudo-
- → Ido: pseudo-
- → Interlingua: pseudo-
- → Irish: súid-
- → Italian: pseudo-
- → Latin: pseudo-
- → Malay: pseudo-
- → Norwegian Bokmål: pseudo-, psevdo-
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: pseudo-, psevdo-
- → Polish: pseudo-
- → Portuguese: pseudo-
- → Romanian: pseudo-
- → Russian: псевдо- (psevdo-)
- → Spanish: pseudo-
- → Swedish: pseudo-
- → Translingual: pseudo-
Greek
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pse.vðo/
- Hyphenation: ψευ‧δο-
Prefix
ψευδο- • (psevdo-)
- pseudo-, false, unauthentic, fake, counterfeit
- ψευδο- (psevdo-) + μάρτυρας (mártyras, “witness”) → ψευδομάρτυρας (psevdomártyras, “false witness, perjurer”)
- sham, pretend, spurious
- ψευδο- (psevdo-) + προφήτης (profítis, “prophet”) → ψευδοπροφήτης (psevdoprofítis, “false prophet”)
- resembling, similar
- ψευδο- (psevdo-) + πάτωμα (pátoma, “floor”) → ψευδοπάτωμα (psevdopátoma, “subfloor”)
- ψευδό- (psevdó-) + τίτλος (títlos, “title”) → ψευδότιτλος (psevdótitlos, “half title”)
- (chemistry) isomeric, having similar properties
- ψευδ- (psevd-) + άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”) → ψευδάργυρος (psevdárgyros, “zinc”)
Synonyms
- ψευτο- (psefto-) (not for formal or scientific terms)
Derived terms
- Greek terms prefixed with ψευδο-
some examples
- ψευδοδίλημμα (psevdodílimma)
- ψευδοεπιστήμη f (psevdoepistími, “psudoscience”)
- ψευδοεπιστημονικός (psevdoepistimonikós)
- ψευδοκλασικισμός (psevdoklasikismós)
- ψευδοκράτος (psevdokrátos)
- ψευδοκύηση f (psevdokýisi, “phantom pregnancy”)
- ψευδολόγημα (psevdológima)
- ψευδολογία (psevdología)
- ψευδολόγος (psevdológos, “untrue”)
- ψευδομάρτυρας m (psevdomártyras, “perjurer”)
- ψευδομαρτυρία f (psevdomartyría, “perjurer”)
- ψευδομαρτυρώ (psevdomartyró, “bear false witness”)
- ψευδομονάδα (psevdomonáda)
- ψευδοπατριώτης (psevdopatriótis)
- ψευδοπατριωτισμός (psevdopatriotismós)
- ψευδοπάτωμα n (psevdopátoma, “subfloor”)
- ψευδοπρόβλημα (psevdopróvlima)
- ψευδοπροφήτης (psevdoprofítis)
- ψευδορκία (psevdorkía)
- ψεύδορκος (psévdorkos)
- ψευδορκώ (psevdorkó)
- ψευδοροφή f (psevdorofí, “dropped ceiling”)
- ψευδωνυμία (psevdonymía)
Further reading
- ψευδο-, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- Terms beginning with ψευδο- with any accent, Terms with ψευδο- at any position — Anastasiadi-Symeonidi, Anna (2003) Αντίστροφο λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής (ΑΛΝΕ) [Α Reverse Index of Modern Greek (RIMG)] @ins Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandafyllidis Foundation) ISBN:960-231-097-9 & online @greek-language.gr (abbreviations, asterisk for literary words)