vale-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vale"

Finnish

Etymology

< vale (“lie”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑleˣ-/, [ˈʋɑ̝le̞(ʔ)-]

Prefix

vale-

1. false, fake

   valeuutiset ― fake news

   valehuippu ― false summit

   valeraskaus ― false pregnancy

2. virtual

   valekuva ― virtual image

3. dis-

   valetieto ― disinformation

   valepuku ― disguise

4. (colloquial) pseudo-

   Synonym: näennäis-

   valetiede ― pseudoscience

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with vale-

compounds

• valehuutaja

 

See also

• teko- (“artificial, mock, false, fake, phony”)

Further reading

• “vale-”, 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 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• alve