English
Etymology
knock + off
Noun
knockoff (plural knockoffs )
An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product , usually lower in quality and price than the original.
It's not a name-brand bag; it's just a cheap knockoff .
2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:04:33 from the start), in China Uncensored [1] , spoken by himself (Chris Chappell), New Tang Dynasty Television , via New Tang Dynasty Television :But then there's knockoffs of famous brands like Pizza Huh, Sunbucks, McDnoald's. OFC!? Wow, that's wrong on so many levels. Well, at least this Apple store looks like it has something good to eat.
Translations
imitation of something
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 山寨 (zh) ( shānzhài ) , 冒牌貨 / 冒牌货 (zh) ( màopáihuò ) , 冒牌货 (zh) ( màopáihuò ) , 仿製品 / 仿制品 (zh) ( fǎngzhìpǐn ) , 仿制品 (zh) ( fǎngzhìpǐn )
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: namaak (nl) m , nepper (nl) m
Finnish: jäljitelmä (fi)
French: faux (fr) m , imitation (fr) f
German: Imitat n , Fälschung (de) f
Greek: μαϊμού (el) f ( maïmoú )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: másolat (hu) , koppintás (hu)
Indonesian: tiruan (id) , jiplakan (id) , salinan (id)
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Italian: please add this translation if you can
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Korean: please add this translation if you can
Persian: please add this translation if you can
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Russian: подделка (ru) f ( poddelka )
Spanish: imitación (es) f
Swedish: kopia (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: hàng nhái , hàng giả , hàng giả hiệu