fabricated

English

Verb

fabricated

1. simple past and past participle of fabricate

Adjective

fabricated (not comparable)

1. Constructed or assembled.
   • 1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728:

     Most of the strength of the locomotive's fabricated underframe is derived from the two side girders that carry the body support struts; [...].

2. False in the sense of made-up, constructed.
   • 2023 August, ““What We Do in the Shadows” prepared us for the disbelief that met the latest Jan. 6 indictment”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     During the debate, he filibusters with fabricated stories about his nonexistent children and defends empty stances simply to drain his audience of their will to live.

Derived terms

• nanofabricated
• nonfabricated
• prefabricated
• unfabricated

Translations

constructed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 製造的 / 制造的 (zhìzào de)

• Dutch: gefabriceerd (nl)
• Finnish: koottu (fi), rakennettu (fi), valmistettu (fi)
• Hindi: मनगढ़ंत (hi) (managṛhant), कल्पित (hi) (kalpit)
• Sanskrit: कल्पित (sa) (kalpita)
• Spanish: fabricado (es) m

false — see also contrived

• Arabic: مُفْتَرًى (muftaran), مَكْذُوب (makḏūb), مَوْضُوع (ar) (mawḍūʕ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 虛構的 / 虚构的 (xūgòu de), 虛假的 / 虚假的 (xūjiǎ de)

• Dutch: verzonnen (nl)
• Finnish: tekaistu (fi), keksitty (fi)
• German: frei erfunden, erfunden (de)
• Malayalam: കെട്ടിച്ചമച്ച (keṭṭiccamacca)
• Russian: сфабрико́ванный (ru) m (sfabrikóvannyj), фальши́вый (ru) m (falʹšívyj)
• Spanish: inventado (es), forjado (es), falso (es), ficticio (es), artificioso (es), sintético (es)
• Turkish: uydurma (tr)