pseudo-

pseudo-

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

• pseud- (before a vowel other than O)

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

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: pseu‧do-

pseudo-

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

• (false): mis-

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

• 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.

• “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

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

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌpsɛw.ðu]

• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌpsɛw.ðo]

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

• IPA^(key): [psɛu̯do ]

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

   Synonym: pa-

• pseudonym

• pseudo- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

• IPA^(key): /søvdo-/, [ˈsœwd̥o-]

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

• skin-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsœy̯.doː/

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pseudo-

1. pseudo-

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

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

pseudo-

1. (usually in loanwords) pseudo-

• “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 3 July 2023

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

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

• IPA^(key): /psø.do/

• Audio:

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pseudo-

1. pseudo-

   pseudo-langue ― fake language

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

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

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pseudo-

1. pseudo-

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

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

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

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

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpsɛu̯.dɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpsɛːu̯.d̪o]

pseudo-

1. false, fake

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

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

pseudo-

1. pseudo-

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

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• IPA^(key): /psɛw.dɔ/

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

pseudo-

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

   Synonym: niby-

• pseudo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

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

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

   pseudociência ― pseudoscience

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs).

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

• seudo-

• IPA^(key): /seudo/ [seu̯.ð̞o]
• Syllabification: pseu‧do-

pseudo-

1. pseudo- (not genuine)

• “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], 10 December 2024

• 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.

pseudo-

1. pseudo-