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Mensogo Accusative Plural Lie Null Wikt Etymology Pronunciation

The word 'mensogo' means 'a lie' in Esperanto. It originates from the Italian and French words for lie.

La vorto 'mensogo' signifas 'mensogon' en Esperanto. Ĝi devenas el la italaj kaj francaj vortoj por mensogo.

Frequency Rank of Word 1563
Word mensogo
Meanings
    a
    lie
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lie
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
menzogna
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/menzogna#Italian
 and
French
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language
mensonge
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mensonge#French
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )    : /menˈsoɡo/
  • Audio
    		(
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Robin_van_der_Vliet-mensogo.wav
    )
  • Rhymes:
    -oɡo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/o%C9%A1o

Noun

mensogo (accusative singular

mensogon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mensogon#Esperanto
, plural
mensogoj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mensogoj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
mensogojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mensogojn#Esperanto
)

  1. a
    lie
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lie
    • 1910,
      Zamenhof, L. L.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
      , Proverbaro Esperanta‎
      [1]
      http://www.steloj.de/esperanto/proverb/M.html
      :
      Mensogo kaj ŝtelo estas du fratoj.
      A lie and a theft are two brothers.

Related terms

  • mensogi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mensogi#Esperanto
     (“to lie”)

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