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See also:Fake,Fa-ke,faké,fākē,fǎkè,fákē,andfakɛ

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775C.E. in British criminals' slang.[1] It is probably fromfeak,feague(“to give a better appearance through artificial means, spruce up, embellish”), itself fromGerman Low Germanfegen, fromMiddle Low Germanvēgen, fromOld Saxonfegōn, fromProto-West Germanic*fegōn(“to clean up, polish”).

Akin toDutchveeg(“a swipe”), Dutchvegen(“to sweep, wipe”);Germanfegen(“to sweep, to polish”). Compare alsoOld Englishfācn(“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related also toOld Norsefjúka(“to fade, vanquish, disappear”), Old Norsefeikn(“strange, scary, unnatural”).

Adjective

fake (comparativefakerormorefake,superlativefakestormostfake)

  1. Notreal;false,fraudulent.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:fake
    Antonyms:authentic,genuine
    Which fur coat looksfake?
    • 1988 November 25, Caryn James, “Ayn Rand Adaptation By Italian”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
      Seeing Rossano Brazzi play an aristocratic White Russian, standing in thefakest snow that wartime supplies could buy, may be the most peculiar twist of all in the curious story of how Ayn Rand's autobiographical first novel came to the screen.
  2. (of people)Insincere
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
not real
insincere

Noun

fake (pluralfakes)

  1. Something which is notgenuine, or is presentedfraudulently.
    I suspect this passport is afake.
    • 1922,Arthur Conan Doyle,The Coming of the Fairies:
      Among other interesting and weighty opinions, which were in general agreement with our contentions, was one by Mr. H. A. Staddon of Goodmayes, a gentleman who had made a particular hobby offakes in photography. His report is too long and too technical for inclusion, but, under the various headings of composition, dress, development, density, lighting, poise, texture, plate, atmosphere, focus, halation, he goes very completely into the evidence, coming to the final conclusion that when tried by all these tests the chances are not less than 80 per cent. in favour of authenticity.
  2. (sports) Amove meant todeceive an opposing player, used for gainingadvantage for example whendribbling an opponent.
  3. (archaic) Atrick; aswindle
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently
a deceptive move

Verb

fake (third-person singular simple presentfakes,present participlefaking,simple past and past participlefaked)

  1. (transitive) To make acounterfeit, tocounterfeit, toforge, tofalsify.
  2. (transitive) To make a false display of, toaffect, tofeign, tosimulate.
    tofake a marriage
    tofake happiness
    tofake a smile
    • 2013, Jocelyn Samara D.,Rain, volume 1,→ISBN, page193:
      "She constantlyfaked being sick, and perhaps mistakenly, I indulged her more than I should have, pretending I couldn't tell. But I AM a teacher myself, so it's kind of hard to just let this slide."
  3. (archaic) Tocheat; toswindle; tosteal; torob.
  4. (archaic) Tomodify 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 himfake a horse, or sell one as sound if it was not.
  5. (music, ambitransitive) Toimprovise, injazz.
    • 1994,ITA Journal, volume22, page20:
      Occasionally the opportunity arises to stand up and "fake" a jazz standard.
    • Denning, cited in2020, Matt Brennan,Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit (page 110)
      In the face of this print music culture, 'faking' was the ability—at once respected and disrespected—to improvise a song (or a part in an arrangement) without reading the notation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Cantonese:fake(“to fool; to deceive”)
  • → French:faker
Translations
cheat, swindle
modify fraudulently to make sth. look better
counterfeit, falsify
make a false display of

Etymology 2

FromMiddle Englishfaken(“to coil a rope”).

Noun

fake (pluralfakes)

  1. (nautical) One of thecircles orwindings of acable orhawser, as it lies in acoil; a singleturn or coil.
Translations
winding

Verb

fake (third-person singular simple presentfakes,present participlefaking,simple past and past participlefaked)

  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

Further reading

References

  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “fake”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈke/ [fʌˈkɛ]
  • Hyphenation:fa‧ke

Verb

faké (frequentativefakamfaké,autobenefactivefakkaasité)

  1. (transitive)open
  2. (transitive)begin
  3. (transitive)expose
  4. (transitive)spread out

Conjugation

    Conjugation offake (type II verb)
1st singular2nd singular3rd singular1st plural2nd plural3rd plural
mf
perfectiveV-affirmativefakéhfaktéhfakéhfaktéhfaknéhfakteeníhfakeeníh
N-affirmativefakéfaktéfakéfaktéfaknéfakténfakén
negativemáfakinniyomáfakinnitomáfakinnamáfakinnamáfakinninomáfakinnitonmáfakinnon
imperfectiveV-affirmativefakáhfaktáhfakáhfaktáhfaknáhfaktaanáhfakaanáh
N-affirmativefakáfaktáfakáfaktáfaknáfaktánfakán
negativemáfakamáfaktamáfakamáfaktamáfaknamáfaktanmáfakan
prospectiveV-affirmativefakéliyoh
fakéyyoh		fakélitoh
fakéttoh		fakélehfakélehfakélinoh
fakénnoh		fakélitoonuh
fakéttoonuh		fakéloonuh
N-affirmativefakéliyo
fakéyyo		fakélito
fakétto		fakélefakélefakélino
fakénno		fakéliton
fakétton		fakélon
conjunctive IV-affirmativefákuhfáktuhfákuhfáktuhfákuhfaktóonuhfakóonuh
N-affirmativefákufáktufákufáktufákufaktónfakón
negativefaké wáyuhfaké wáytuhfaké wáyuhfaké wáytuhfaké wáynuhfaké waytóonuhfaké wóonuh
conjunctive IIV-affirmativefakánkehfaktánkehfakánkehfaktánkehfaknánkehfaktaanánkehfakaanánkeh
N-affirmativefakánkefaktánkefakánkefaktánkefaknánkefaktaanánkefakaanánke
negativefaké wáankehfaké waytánkehfaké wáankehfaké waytánkehfaké waynánkehfaké waytaanánkehfaké wáankeh
jussiveaffirmativefákayfáktayfákayfáktayfákayfaktóonayfakóonay
negativefaké wáayfaké wáytayfaké wáayfaké wáytayfaké wáynayfaké waytóonayfaké wóonay
past
conditional		affirmativefakinniyóyfakinnitóyfakinnáyfakinnáyfakinninóyfakinnitoonúyfakinnoonúy
negativefaké wanniyóyfaké wannitóyfaké wannáyfaké wannáyfaké wanninóyfaké wannitoonúyfaké wanninoonúy
present
conditional I		affirmativefakékfaktékfakékfaktékfaknékfakteeníkfakeeník
negativefaké wéekfaké waytékfaké wéekfaké waytékfaké waynékfaké wayteeníkfaké weeník
singularpluralsingularplural
consultativeaffirmativefakóofaknóoimperativeaffirmativefákfáka
negativemafakóomafaknóonegativemáfakinmáfakina
-h converb-i form-k converb-in(n)uh converb-innuk converbinfinitiveindefinite participle
V-focusN-focus
fákahfákifákakfakínnuhfakínnukfakíyyafakináanihfakináan
Compound tenses
past perfectaffirmative perfective +perfective ofén orsugé
present perfectaffirmative perfective +imperfective ofén
future perfectaffirmative perfective +prospective ofsugé
past progressive-k converb +imperfective ofén orsugé
present progressiveaffirmative imperfect +imperfective ofén
future progressive-k converb +prospective ofsugé
immediate futureaffirmative conjunctive I +imperfective ofwée
imperfect potential Iaffirmative conjunctive I +imperfective oftakké
imperfect
potential II		affirmativeimperfective +-m +takké
negativefaké +imperfective ofwée +-m +takké
perfect
potential		affirmativeperfective +-m +takké
negativefaké +perfective ofwée +-m +takké
present
conditional II		affirmativeimperfective +object pronoun +tekkék
negativefaké +perfective ofwée +object pronoun +tekkék
perfect
conditional		affirmativeperfective +imperfective ofsugé +-k
negativeperfective +sugé +imperfective ofwée-k
irrealisfaké +perfective ofxaaxé orraaré

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “fake”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London,→ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015)L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page275

Chinese

Etymology

FromEnglishfake.

Pronunciation

Verb

fake

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, transitive) tofool; todeceive(such as by presenting fake oringenuine information)

French

Verb

fake

  1. inflection offaker:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

German

Etymology

Borrowed fromEnglishfake.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fake (strong nominative masculine singularfaker,not comparable)

  1. (informal)fake,sham,counterfeit

Usage notes

In most cases corresponding to hypothetical English occurrences which would be deemed adjectives, the German is part of a compound with the nounFake, and the existence of such an adjective is not widely accepted, however at least in the colloquial of the fashion scene, in reference to counterfeits, it is a fully declined adjective; cf.woke, and anywhere else where there is a heavy influx of English there may be at least predicative-only use.

Declension

Positive forms offake (uncomparable)
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristfakesieistfakeesistfakesiesindfake
strong declension
(without article)		nominativefakerfakefakesfake
genitivefakenfakerfakenfaker
dativefakemfakerfakemfaken
accusativefakenfakefakesfake
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederfakediefakedasfakediefaken
genitivedesfakenderfakendesfakenderfaken
dativedemfakenderfakendemfakendenfaken
accusativedenfakendiefakedasfakediefaken
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinfakereinefakeeinfakes(keine)faken
genitiveeinesfakeneinerfakeneinesfaken(keiner)faken
dativeeinemfakeneinerfakeneinemfaken(keinen)faken
accusativeeinenfakeneinefakeeinfakes(keine)faken

Further reading

  • “fake” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon

Kristang

Noun

fake

  1. knife

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishfake.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈfej.ki/[ˈfeɪ̯.ki],/ˈfejk/[ˈfeɪ̯k]
  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈfej.ki/[ˈfeɪ̯.ki],/ˈfejk/[ˈfeɪ̯k]
    • (Southern Brazil)IPA(key): /ˈfejk/[ˈfeɪ̯k],/ˈfej.ki/[ˈfeɪ̯.ki]

  • Hyphenation:fake

Adjective

fake (invariable)

  1. (Internetslang)fake,untrue, notgenuine
    Synonym:falso
    Antonyms:verdadeiro,genuíno

Related terms

Noun

fake m (pluralfakes)

  1. (Internetslang) afake account in asocial network or other online community; asock puppet

Further reading

  • “fake”, inDicionário inFormal (in Portuguese),2006–2025
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