fabricate

English

Etymology

From Latin fabricātus, perfect passive participle of fabricor, fabricō (“frame, build, forge”), from fabrica (“a fabric, building, etc.”); see fabric and forge. Compare with French fabrique.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/, SAMPA: /f{b.r\I.keIt/

Verb

fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated)

1. (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
2. (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate computer chips.
3. (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.
4. (transitive) (cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

Synonyms

• manufacture, cook up, make up, invent

Translations

to form into a whole by uniting its parts

French: fabriquer (fr) German: fabrizieren (de), erzeugen (de)

Hungarian: összeszerel (hu)

to form by art and labor; to manufacture

French: fabriquer (fr) German: fabrizieren (de), herstellen (de), erzeugen (de)

Hungarian: gyárt (hu)

to invent and form; to forge

French: controuver (fr) German: fabrizieren (de), herstellen (de), erzeugen (de), anfertigen (de)

Hungarian: kiagyal (hu)

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Translations to be checked

Italian: fabbricare

Spanish: fabricar

External links

• fabricate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fabricate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Verb

fabricāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fabricō