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menteur

/mɑ̃.tœʁ/

noun, masculine/mɑ̃.tœʁ/plural: menteurs

liar (one who tells lies); bluffer

Inherited from Middle French menteur, from Old French menteor, menteür, menterre, corresponding to mentir + -eur. May correlate to a Vulgar Latin *mentitōr, mentitōrem, from Latin mentior.

adjective/mɑ̃.tœʁ/

mendacious, lying

Inherited from Middle French menteur, from Old French menteor, menteür, menterre, corresponding to mentir + -eur. May correlate to a Vulgar Latin *mentitōr, mentitōrem, from Latin mentior.

menteur — French Dictionary | Passage