English Explanatory Dictionary

fals

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.
noun
  1. plural of FAL
noun
  1. Abbreviation of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
noun
  1. Alternative form of fALS; Abbreviation of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Word forms

fals fulus fils fALSes

Etymology

From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/⁠fuləsā, filas⁠/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of follis and fool.

Synonyms

FALS
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