mensonge.
lie, falsehood
Meaning & usage
lie, falsehood
faire des mensonges gros comme des montagnes
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French mensonge, from Old French mençonge, mençunge, probably from a Vulgar Latin *mentionica, from Late Latin mentiōnem (in the sense of "lie" rather than "mention"), probably formed from haplology of a root *mentītiō, from Latin mentītus, past participle of mentior. Cognate to Occitan messorga, messonja, mensònega; compare also Italian menzogna, Old Galician-Portuguese mensonha, Romansh manzögna and Old French mensoigne, from a different but related root, and Romanian minciună.
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