fake
Betekenis (Engels)
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- Not real; false, fraudulent
- Insincere
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Synoniemen
charlatan
artificial goods
talk through one’s hat
prevaricate
pose as
spurious article
artificial product
find an excuse
clip artist
sharpy
jiggery pokery
make as if
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/feɪ̯k/
Etymologie (Engels)
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”); akin to Dutch veeg (“a swipe”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, wipe”); German fegen (“to sweep, to polish”). Compare also Old English fācn (“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related also to Old Norse fjúka (“to fade, vanquish, disappear”), Old Norse feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”).
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