fakeとは

語源 1

The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 CE in British criminals' slang [1]. It is probably from feak, feague (“to give a better appearance through artificial means”); akin to Dutch veeg (“a slap”), vegen (“to sweep, wipe”); German fegen (“to sweep, to polish”). Compare 古期英語 fācn, fācen (“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related to Old Norse fjúka (“fade, vanquish, disappear”), feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”).

形容詞

fake (comparative faker または more fake, superlative fakest または most fake)

1. Not real; false, fraudulent.

   Which fur coat looks fake?

2. (of people) Insincere.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:fake

反意語

• authentic, genuine

派生語

• fakeness

名詞

fake (複数形 fakes)

1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
2. A trick; a swindle.
3. (sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

同意語

• (soccer move): feint, (ice hockey move): deke

動詞

fake (三人称単数 現在形 fakes, 現在分詞 faking, 過去形および過去分詞形 faked)

1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
2. (archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
   • 1944, George Henderson, The Farming Ladder

     He had a hundred similar tricks, but I never knew him fake a horse, or sell one as sound if it was not.

3. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
4. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

   to fake a marriage

   to fake happiness

   to fake a smile

同意語

• (To modify fraudulently): adulterate
• (To make a false display): pass off, pose

派生語

• fake it
• fake out
• faker

語源 2

From Middle English faken, to coil a rope.

名詞

fake (複数形 fakes)

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

動詞

fake (三人称単数 現在形 fakes, 現在分詞 faking, 過去形および過去分詞形 faked)

1. (nautical) To coil (a rope, line, または hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.

参照

• fake at OneLook Dictionary Search
• fake in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• feak