mock

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
2. Mockery; the act of mocking.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of mock examination.
4. A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing.

Verb

1. To mimic, to simulate.
2. (rare) To create an artistic representation of.
3. To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
4. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
5. (transitive) To create a mockup or prototype of.

Adj

Imitation, not genuine; fake.

Concepts

moquer

se moquer de

se moquer

bafouer

railler

parodier

imiter

moquerie

feint

imitation

ridiculiser

rire de

d’imitation

examen blanc

gausser

persiflage

se jouer

blanc

simulation

tourner en dérision

faux

raillerie

rire

😆

duper

simulacre

succédané

brocarder

Synonymes

ridicule

deride

make fun of

jeer

tease

scoff

laugh at

taunt

imitate

sneer

scorn

mimic

sham

flout

jeer at

ape

🐒

copy

false

satirize

insult

counterfeit

gibe

jest

parody

pretended

spurious

joke

🤣

imitation

make fun

fun

pseudo

jibe

laugh

😆

bogus

feigned

scoff at

poke fun at

pester

simulated

mockery

shoddy

fake

lampoon

chaff

guy

derision

quasi

hoot

razz

defy

Traductions

bespotten

burlarse

spotten

deridere

verspotten

κοροϊδεύω

spotten

mofarse

honen

zombar

canzonare

dileggiare

beffare

verhöhnen

alay etmek

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɒk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mokken

Appartenant à néerlandais: mokken

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: firmucken

Appartenant à allemand: mucksen

Appartenant à frison occidental: mokke

Appartenant à suédois: mucka

Appartenant à néerlandais: mokkel

In summary

From Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer, moquier (“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Proto-West Germanic *mokkijan, *mukkijan (“to low, bellow; mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“to low, mumble”).
Cognate with Dutch mokken (“to sulk; pout; mope; grumble”), Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Modern German mucksen (“to utter a word; mumble; grumble”), West Frisian mokke (“to mope; sulk; grumble”), Swedish mucka (“to murmur”), dialectal Dutch mokkel (“kiss”).