fake

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /feɪk/, enPR: fāk

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• Rhymes: -eɪk

Etymology 1

Wikipedia

The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 CE in British criminals' slang [1]. It is probably from feak, feague, "to give a better appearance through artificial means"; akin to D veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe; German fegen, "to sweep", "to polish", compare Old English fācn, fācen (“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related to Old Norse fjuka (“fade, vanquish, disappear”), feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”) and Albanian fik (“put out, vanquish, disappear”)

Adjective

fake (comparative faker or more fake, superlative fakest or most fake)

1. Not real; false, fraudulent.

   Which fur coat looks fake?

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fake

Antonyms

• genuine

Translations

not real

• Armenian: կեղծ (hy) (keġç)
• Bulgarian: подправен (bg) (podpraven), фалшифициран (bg) (falšificiran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假 (cmn) (jiǎ), 僞 (cmn), 伪 (cmn) (wěi), 贗 (cmn), 赝 (cmn) (yàn)

• Czech: falešný (cs) m
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: väärennetty (fi)
• French: faux (fr), factice (fr), artificiel (fr), contrefait (fr), falsifié (fr), feint (fr) (behaviour)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: gefälscht (de)
• Greek: ψεύτικος (el) (pséftikos)
• Indonesian: gadungan (id), palsu (id)

• Japanese: 偽 (ja) (にせ, nise), 贋 (ja) (にせ, nise)
• Khmer: ក្លែងក្លាយ (km) (klaeng klaay)
• Kyrgyz: жасалма (ky) (casalma), митаамдык (ky) (mitaamdık), алдамчылык (ky) (aldamçılık)
• Malay: palsu (ms)
• Portuguese: falso (pt), de mentira (pt), falsiê (pt) m and f
• Russian: фальшивый (ru) (falʹšívyj), ненастоящий (ru) (nenastojáščij), поддельный (ru) (poddélʹnyj)
• Spanish: falso (es)
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sahte (tr)
• Vietnamese: giả (vi)

Noun

fake (plural fakes)

1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
2. A trick; a swindle.
3. (soccer) Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent.

Translations

something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently

• Bulgarian: фалшификат (bg) (falšifikat) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 贗品 (cmn), 赝品 (cmn) (yànpǐn)

• Hindi: नक़ल (hi) (naqal) f
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 偽物 (ja) (にせもの, nisemono)

• Khmer: របស់ក្លែង (km) (rɔbɑh klaeng)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: подделка (ru) (poddélka) f, фальшивка (ru) (fal’šívka) f, (colloquial) фэйк (ru) (fejk) m
• Spanish: falsificación (es) f
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

Synonyms

• (soccer move): feint

Verb

fake (third-person singular simple present fakes, present participle faking, simple past and past participle faked)

1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
2. To make; to construct; to do. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.
4. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
5. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

Synonyms

• (To modify fraudulently): adulterate
• (To make a false display): pass off, pose

Derived terms

• fake out
• faker

Translations

To make a false display of

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偽裝 (cmn), 伪装 (cmn) (wěizhuāng), 偽造 (cmn), 伪造 (cmn) (wěizào)

• Dutch: voorwenden (nl)
• Finnish: teeskennellä (fi), tekeytyä (fi), olla olevinaan (fi)
• German: vortäuschen (de), fingieren (de)

• Japanese: 偽造する (ja) (ぎぞうする, gizō-suru)
• Russian: притворяться (ru) (pritvorját’sja) impf., притвориться (ru) (pritvorít’sja) pf., прикидываться (ru) (prikídyvat’sja) impf., прикинуться (ru) (prikínut’sja) pf.
• Spanish: fingir (es)

To modify fraudulently

• Bulgarian: подправям (bg) (podpravjam)
• French: fausser (fr)
• Russian: подделывать (ru) (poddélyvat’) impf., подделать (ru) (poddélat’) pf.

• Spanish: falsear (es), falsificar (es)

To falsify

• Bulgarian: фалшифицирам (bg) (falšificiram)
• Catalan: falsejar (ca)
• French: fausser (fr)
• German: fälschen (de)

• Portuguese: falsear (pt)
• Russian: подделывать (ru) (poddélyvat’) impf., подделать (ru) (poddélat’) pf.
• Spanish: falsear (es)

Etymology 2

From Middle English faken, to coil a rope.

Noun

fake (plural fakes)

1. (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Translations

winding

• Bulgarian: витка (bg) (vitka) f

• Italian: duglia (it) f

Verb

fake (third-person singular simple present fakes, present participle faking, simple past and past participle faked)

1. (nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.

Translations

wind

• Bulgarian: навивам въже (bg) (navivam vǎže)

• Italian: dugliare (it)