menteur
French
noun
Definitions
- liar one who tells lies
- bluffer
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French menteur inherited from Old French menteor suffix from French mentir inherited from Latin *mentitōr, mentitōrem, mentior (I lie, lie).
Origin
Latin
mentior
Gloss
I lie, lie
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *mentitor Latin
- *mentitōr, mentitōrem Latin
- ementior Latin
- mentior Latin
- mentire Italian
- mentitore Italian
- démentir French
- mentir French
- mentir Spanish, Castilian
- menteor Old French
- mentir Old French
- minți Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mințitor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- menteur Middle French
- mentir Middle French
- mentiroso Old Portuguese
- minciunedz Aromanian
- manter Mauritian Creole
- manter Seychellois Creole