mensonge
French, noun/mɑ̃.sɔ̃ʒ/
mensonge is spelled M-E-N-S-O-N-G-E (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,992nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mensonge is a French masculine noun meaning “lie, falsehood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Propos contraire à la vérité, tenu avec dessein de tromper”.
What does mensonge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelie, falsehood
faire des mensonges gros comme des montagnes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Propos contraire à la vérité, tenu avec dessein de tromper. 2. Fable, fiction, invention. 3. Erreur, vanité, illusion.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mensonge
- mensonges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mensonge?
- /mɑ̃.sɔ̃ʒ/
- \mɑ̃.sɔ̃ʒ\
- [mɑ̃.sɔ̃ʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mensonge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mensonge in French?
mensonge appears 19 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).