English

Pronunciation
AHD|/f�k/
audio|en-us-fake.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪk|-eɪk

Etymology 1
wikipedia
The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 CE in British criminals' slang¹. It is probably from feague, "to give a better appearance through artificial means"; from the German fegen, "to sweep", "to polish".

Adjective
en-adj

1. Not real; false, fraudulent.

#: Which fur coat looks faker?

Translations
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trans-top|not real
Chinese: �, 仮, �, 伪, �, �
Czech: falešný m
Japanese: �, �
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Noun
en-noun

1. A trick; a swindle.
2. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

Verb
en-verb|fak|ing

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.

Etymology 2
From Middle English faken, to coil a rope.

Noun
en-noun

1. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Verb
en-verb|fak|ing

1. 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.

Derived terms
faker

de:fake
fr:fake
io:fake
hu:fake
ja:fake
ro:fake
fi:fake
vi:fake
zh:fake

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