English to French Meaning of fake - faux

Fake :

faux

noun

faux, engrener, toile, piège, fraude, location, jeu irrégulier, jeu de la peau, falsification, faussaire, escroc, charlatan

verb

contrefaire, faux, fabriquer, forger, feindre, imiter, se montrer plus malin, battage médiatique, Jongler, Tricher, circonvenir, escroquerie, tromper, frauder, canular

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Definitions of fake in English

Noun(1) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be(2) a person who makes deceitful pretenses(3) (football
Verb(1) make a copy of with the intent to deceive(2) tamper, with the purpose of deception(3) speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
Adjective(1) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance(2) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

Examples of fake in English

(1) Rail Commuters Action Group leader Leslie van Minnen claims they are all fake , but I was reluctant to test one and bring the train to a standstill.(2) She was immediately labelled a fake , but Lavigne never claimed to be a pop rebel - she was just an ordinary girl from Napanee, Ontario.(3) Just two weeks ago, Columbia got in trouble for manufacturing a fake movie critic, and now they have been caught manufacturing fake audience members.(4) As a Christian, I accept as a basic premise of our faith that men are liars and many claims of levitation are fake .(5) This muscle is not easily brought under voluntary control, which is why it is usually quite easy to tell a genuine smile from a fake one.(6) Each year dozens of newspapers around the country parrot the report's fake pollution claims without any critical review.(7) You know how some people will fake illness or injury to get out of doing something they don't want to do?(8) One other thing I took out of the film was that here was someone shown to some extent to be a fake , he was pretending to be an Indian, and I took a broader lesson.(9) In Japan, counterfeiters are circulating fake bills that cost more to make than their face value.(10) He'd fake dying and fall down the stairs ever so slowly and dramatically, just to get his mother to stop shopping.(11) Also, don't fake that you're lost in a subject if you're really pulling down A's.(12) It would be months before the doctor crossed paths with the fake lawyer Goldstein.(13) The labels on the men's fake designer T-shirts mock their desperate circumstances.(14) Their smiles weren't the fake smiles produced so often for cameras, but genuine grins of joy.(15) His son, Gary, who initially said the signatures on the documents were his father's, now claims that the memos are fake .(16) If it's so easy to fake being an American citizen, why go to all that trouble to fingerprint and photograph foreigners at airports?

Related Phrases of fake

(1) fake out ::

fake

(2) fake tan ::

Faux bronzage

(3) fake fur ::

fausse fourrure

(4) fake money ::

faux-billets

(5) pump fake ::

faux pompe

(6) fake book ::

faux livre

(7) fake up ::

faux up

(8) fake off ::

Faux

Related Phrases of fake

(1) fake out ::

fake

(2) fake tan ::

Faux bronzage

(3) fake fur ::

fausse fourrure

(4) fake money ::

faux-billets

(5) pump fake ::

faux pompe

(6) fake book ::

faux livre

(7) fake up ::

faux up

(8) fake off ::

Faux

Synonyms

Adjective

1. counterfeit ::

contrefaire

2. imitation ::

imitation

3. feigned ::

feint

4. phony ::

faux

Noun

5. forgery ::

falsification

6. charlatan ::

charlatan

7. juke ::

juke

8. fraud ::

fraude

9. postiche ::

postiche

Verb

10. forge ::

forger

11. feign ::

feindre

12. bullshit ::

connerie

13. wangle ::

combine

Different Forms

fake, faked, fakes, faking

Word Example from TV Shows

You had a good run, FAKE Wolowitz.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 4

surrounded by hostages with FAKE guns.

Money Heist Season 1, Episode 4

- I like Mark Ruffalo too. - Yeah, settle down there, FAKE Wolowitz.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 2

I know a FAKE marriage isn't an honest way to live,

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 20

in order to find a FAKE coin that we can't spend on anything?

The Big Bang Theory Season 11, Episode 9

Examples of fake from TV Shows

You had a good run, FAKE Wolowitz.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 4

surrounded by hostages with FAKE guns.

Money Heist Season 1, Episode 4

- I like Mark Ruffalo too. - Yeah, settle down there, FAKE Wolowitz.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 2

I know a FAKE marriage isn't an honest way to live,

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 20

in order to find a FAKE coin that we can't spend on anything?

The Big Bang Theory Season 11, Episode 9

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English to French Dictionary: fake

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