Fake

English

Pronunciation

• 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", cf. Old English fācn, fācen (“‘deceit, fraud’”)

Adjective

Fake (comparative fake, superlative r)

Positive Fake

Comparative fake

Superlative r

1. Not real; false, fraudulent.

   Which fur coat looks fake?

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fake

Antonyms

• genuine

Translations

not real

Armenian: կեղծ hy(hy) (keġç) Chinese: 假, 仮, 僞, 伪, 贗, 赝 Czech: falešný cs(cs) m.

Indonesian: gadungan id(id) Japanese: 偽 ja(ja), 贋 ja(ja) Spanish: falso es(es)

Noun

Singular Fake

Plural {{{1}}}

Fake ({{{1}}})

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

Synonyms

• (soccer move): feint

Verb

Infinitive to Fake

Third person singular fak

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Fake (third-person singular simple present fak, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
2. To make; to construct; to do.
3. To manipulate 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
5. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

Translations

to make a false display of

Finnish: teeskennellä fi(fi), tekeytyä fi(fi), olla olevinaan fi(fi) German: vortäuschen de(de), fingieren de(de)

Spanish: fingir es(es)

Etymology 2

From Middle English faken, to coil a rope.

Noun

Singular Fake

Plural {{{1}}}

Fake ({{{1}}})

1. Template: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

Italian: duglia it(it) f.

Verb

Infinitive to Fake

Third person singular fak

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Fake (third-person singular simple present fak, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. Template: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

Italian: dugliare it(it)

Derived terms

• faker

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