Meaning

2 senses

  1. Not real; false, fraudulent.

    Which fur coat looks fake?

    gefälscht, unecht

    фальши́выйfalʹšívyj, ненастоя́щийnenastojáščij, подде́льныйpoddélʹnyj

    фальши́вийfalʹšývyj, підро́бленийpidróblenyj, фе́йковийféjkovyj

    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

  2. Insincere

Examples

573 sentences

  1. How can you tell which one is a fake?

    Як можна зрозуміти, який з них — фальшивка? — deniko

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  2. This is a fake.

    Це підробка. — deniko

    ruЭто подделка. — marafon

    deDas ist eine Fälschung. — Haehnchenpaella

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  3. That's a fake beard, isn't it?

    Це фальшива борода, еге ж? — deniko

    ruЭто ведь ненастоящая борода, да? — marafon

    deDas ist ein falscher Bart, oder? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Fake it till you make it, Tom.

    Прикидайся, допоки в тебе не вийде, Томе. — deniko

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  5. That's a fake.

    Це підробка. — deniko

    ruЭто подделка. — marafon

    deDas ist eine Kopie. — Sudajaengi

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
not real:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not real:

Origin

The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 C.E. in British cr

The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 C.E. in British criminals' slang. It is probably from feak, feague (“to give a better appearance through artificial means, spruce up, embellish”), itself from German Low German fegen, from Middle Low German vēgen, from Old Saxon fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fegōn (“to clean up, polish”).

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Forms

faker/more fake, fakest/most fake
Comparativefaker / more fake Lesson
Superlativefakest / most fake Lesson

regular

Synonyms

32 synonyms
artificialA2badA1bogusC2falseA1mockB2spuriousC2syntheticC1concoctedcounterfeitersatzfabricatedfalsifiedfauxfeigned
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
authenticgenuineB2realA1

Word family

42 related words
RelatedimitateB1lieA2cry wolfpretextdecoy
Derivedcheap fakefaconfake-bakefakebitfakeclaimfakefulfakegasmfakehoodfakeitudefakelorefakelyfakemailfakementfakenessfake newsfakeshipfakesterfake tanfake-tannedfake treefakeyfakiefinstagramflog

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a fake id
  • fake id
  • is a fake
  • using a fake

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
faithfulB1faithfullyfaithfulnessfakerfakirfalafelfalcon

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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