fake

See also: Fake

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɪk/, enPR: fāk

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• Rhymes: -eɪk

Etymology 1

The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 C.E. in British criminals' slang [1]. It is probably from feak, feague (“to give a better appearance through artificial means”); akin to Dutch 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 fjúka (“fade, vanquish, disappear”), feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”).

Adjective

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

1. Not real; false, fraudulent.

   Which fur coat looks fake?

2. (of people) Insincere.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fake

Antonyms

• authentic, genuine

Derived terms

• fakeness

Translations

not real

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: تَقْلِيد m (taglīd), تَقْلِيدِي m (taglīdi), فَالْصُو m (fālṣu) (archaic)

• Armenian: կեղծ (hy) (keġc)
• Bashkir: ялған (yalğan)
• Bulgarian: подправен (bg) (podpraven), фалшифициран (bg) (falšificiran)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 假 (gaa²)

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

• Czech: falešný (cs) m
• Dutch: nep (nl), vals (nl)
• Esperanto: falsa
• Finnish: väärennetty (fi), väärä (fi); vale- (in compounds)
• French: faux (fr), factice (fr), artificiel (fr), contrefait (fr), falsifié (fr), feint (fr) (behaviour)
• Georgian: ყალბი (q̇albi), სიაფანდი (siapandi)
• German: gefälscht (de), unecht (de)
• Greek: ψεύτικος (el) (pséftikos)

  Ancient: πλαστός (plastós), κίβδηλος (kíbdēlos)

• Indonesian: gadungan (id), palsu (id)
• Italian: falso (it) m, finto (it) m, fasullo (it) m
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• Japanese: 偽 (ja) (nise), 紛い (magai)
• Khmer: ក្លែងក្លាយ (klaeng klaay)
• Korean: 가짜 (ko) (gajja)
• Kyrgyz: жасалма (ky) (jasalma), митаамдык (ky) (mitaamdık), алдамчылык (ky) (aldamcılık)
• Malay: palsu, bedek
• Mongolian: хуурамч (mn) (xuuramč)
• Portuguese: falso (pt), de mentira
• Russian: фальши́вый (ru) (falʹšívyj), ненастоя́щий (ru) (nenastojáščij), подде́льный (ru) (poddélʹnyj)
• Sanskrit: असत् (sa) (ásat)

  Vedic: आसत् (ā́sat)

• Slovene: lažen
• Spanish: falso (es)
• Swahili: bandia (sw)
• Swedish: falsk (sv), fejk (sv), oäkta (sv)
• Thai: ปลอม (th) (bplɔɔm)
• Turkish: sahte (tr), gastan (tr)
• Vietnamese: giả (vi) (假), nhái (vi)

Noun

fake (plural fakes)

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

Synonyms

• (soccer move): feint, (ice hockey move): deke

Translations

something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently

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

  Mandarin: 贗品／赝品 (zh) (yànpǐn), 赝品 (zh) (yànpǐn)

• Finnish: väärennös (fi)
• German: Fälschung (de), Illusion (de), Imitat, Schwindel (de), Trug (de), Irreführung (de)
• Hindi: नक़ल f (naqal)
• Indonesian: gadungan (id), tiruan (id)
• Italian: imitazione (it) f
• Japanese: 偽物 (ja) (nisemono), ぱちもん (pachimon) (slang)
• Khmer: របស់ក្លែង (rɔbɑh klaeng)
• Korean: 가짜 (ko) (gajja)
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• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: جعل (fa) (ja'l), ماخ (fa) (māx)
• Portuguese: falsificação (pt) f
• Russian: подде́лка (ru) f (poddélka), фальши́вка (ru) f (falʹšívka), (colloquial) фэйк m (fɛjk), фейк (ru) m (fejk)
• Spanish: falsificación (es) f
• Swahili: bandia (sw)
• Swedish: förfalskning (sv)
• Thai: ของปลอม, ของเถื่อน (th)
• Tibetan: རྫུས་མ (rdzus ma)
• Turkish: gastan (tr)
• Vietnamese: hàng giả, hàng nhái

Verb

1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
2. (archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
   • 1944, George Henderson, The Farming Ladder:

     He had a hundred similar tricks, but I never knew him fake a horse, or sell one as sound if it was not.

3. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
4. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

   to fake a marriage

   to fake happiness

   to fake a smile

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• fake it
• fake out
• faker

Translations

to cheat, swindle

• Finnish: huijata (fi)
• Japanese: 欺く (ja) (azamuku), 騙す (ja) (damasu), 騙る (kataru)
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• Vietnamese: gian lận (vi)

to modify fraudulently to make sth. look better

• Bulgarian: подправям (bg) (podpravjam)
• Finnish: parannella (fi)
• French: fausser (fr)
• German: fälschen (de), fingieren (de), türken (de), vortäuschen (de)
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• Japanese: 改竄する (ja) (kaizan suru)
• Russian: подде́лывать (ru) impf (poddélyvatʹ), подде́лать (ru) pf (poddélatʹ)
• Spanish: falsear (es), falsificar (es)
• Vietnamese: làm giả (vi)

to counterfeit, falsify

• Bulgarian: фалшифицирам (bg) (falšificiram)
• Catalan: falsejar (ca)
• Finnish: väärentää (fi)
• French: fausser (fr)
• German: fälschen (de), imitieren (de)
• Japanese: 偽造する (ja) (gizō suru)
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• Portuguese: falsear (pt)
• Russian: подде́лывать (ru) impf (poddélyvatʹ), подде́лать (ru) pf (poddélatʹ)
• Slovene: ponarediti
• Spanish: falsear (es)
• Thai: ปลอม (th) (bplɔɔm), ปลอมแปลง
• Vietnamese: làm giả (vi), nhái (vi)

to make a false display of

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偽裝／伪装 (zh) (wěizhuāng), 伪装 (zh) (wěizhuāng), 偽造／伪造 (zh) (wěizào), 伪造 (zh) (wěizào)

• Dutch: voorwenden (nl)
• Finnish: teeskennellä (fi), tekeytyä (fi), olla olevinaan; filmata (fi), feikata (slang)
• German: vortäuschen (de), fingieren (de), simulieren (de)
• Japanese: 偽装する (ja) (gisō suru)
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• Old English: līċettan
• Russian: притворя́ться (ru) impf (pritvorjátʹsja), притвори́ться (ru) pf (pritvorítʹsja), прики́дываться (ru) impf (prikídyvatʹsja), прики́нуться (ru) pf (prikínutʹsja)
• Slovene: hliniti, pretvarjati se
• Spanish: fingir (es)
• Swedish: fejka (sv) (colloquial)
• Vietnamese: ngụy trang (vi) (偽裝), ngụy tạo (偽造)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 f (vitka)
• Finnish: kieppi
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• Italian: duglia (it) f

Verb

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 (navivam vǎže)
• French: lover (fr)
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• Italian: dugliare

References

• “fake”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “fake”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• feak

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Noun

fake

1. knife

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English fake.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfejk(i)/

Noun

fake m (plural s)

1. (Internet slang) a fake account in a social network or other online community; a sock puppet

Adjective

1. (Internet slang, of an image or video shared on the web) fake, manipulated, not genuine

   Synonym: falso

   Antonyms: genuíno, real, autêntico