pieux mensonge
French, noun/pjø mɑ̃.sɔ̃ʒ/
pieux mensonge is spelled P-I-E-U-X-M-E-N-S-O-N-G-E (13 letters). Pieux mensonge is a French masculine noun meaning “white lie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mensonge qui est fait dans l’intention d’être utile ou agréable à quelqu’un”.
What does pieux mensonge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhite lie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mensonge qui est fait dans l’intention d’être utile ou agréable à quelqu’un.
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 pieux mensonge
- pieux mensonges plural
- mensonge pieux alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pieux mensonge?
- /pjø mɑ̃.sɔ̃ʒ/
- \pjø mɑ̃.sɔ̃ʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.