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counterfeit en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkawntəˌfɪt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈkaʊn.tɚˌfɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
   • This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.
   • Finding out Irish people might have been slaves is kind of like finding a counterfeit bill where you're like, "You think I can use this for something?" 2023 October 28, Ryan Long, Irish Slaves:
2. (not-comparable) Inauthentic.
   • How Cownterfet Cowntenaunce of the new get / With Crafty Conueyauance dothe smater and flater, / And Cloked Collucyoun is brought in to clater / With Courtely Abusyoun; […] 1523, John Skelton, “A Ryght Delectable Tratyse vpon a Goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell, […]”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 409, lines 1193–1196:
   • counterfeit sympathy
3. (not-comparable) Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
   • an arrant counterfeit rascal 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:

Deriveds

counterfeitment · uncounterfeit · counterfeitness · counterfeitly · noncounterfeit · anticounterfeit

Translations (109)

ru подде́льный (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · bg подправен (unauthentic) · el πλαστός (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · de nachgemacht (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · de gefälscht (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · af vervals (unauthentic) · ur جعلی (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · el ψεύτικος (unauthentic) · fa جعلی (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · es chimbo (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · cmn 假冒 (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sl ponarejen (unauthentic) · kk контрафактілік (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · pt falso (unauthentic) · fo falskur (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · hi जाली (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · es pretencioso (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · af vals (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · hi खोटा (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · grc κίβδηλος (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · es trucho (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · grc πλαστός (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · pl podrobiony (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sv falsk (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · hu hamisított (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ota یالانجی (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · fo eftirgjørdur (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · fo falsaður (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · it contraffazione (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · es contrahecho (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · hu hamis (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · km ក្លែងក្លាយ (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sh лажан (unauthentic) · tr sahte (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · nl namaak (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ru подде́льный (unauthentic) · sh lažan (unauthentic) · sw bandia (unauthentic) · ba ялған (unauthentic) · nl nep (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ru фальши́вый (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sw bandia (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ota یالان (unauthentic) · pt falsificado (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sv förfalskad (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ka ყალბი (unauthentic) · nl vervalst (unauthentic) · ota یالان (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · az qəlp (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ru контрафа́ктный (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ru контрафа́ктный (unauthentic) · gl falsificado (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · bg фалшив (unauthentic) · it contraffazione (unauthentic) · af vervalsing (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · he מזויף (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sh neautentičan (unauthentic) · th จอมปลอม (unauthentic) · hu tettetett (unauthentic) · es aparentador (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · hu színlelt (unauthentic) · es de similor (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · es bamba (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · de Falsch- (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · th เก๊ (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ba ялған (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · eo falsigita (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · io kontrafaktar (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · de unecht (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · es contrahecho (unauthentic) · pt réplica (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · hu talmi (unauthentic) · es pretensioso (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sa प्रातिरूपिक (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · fr contrefait (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · el κίβδηλος (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sh неаутентичан (unauthentic) · ru фальши́вый (unauthentic) · kw fug (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · fi väärennetty (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · it falso (unauthentic) · es wanabí (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · es wannabi (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sv falsk (unauthentic) · vi giả mạo (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ota ساخته (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · kw fug (unauthentic) · th ปลอม (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · es falsificado (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · pl sfałszowany (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · fi väärennetty (unauthentic) · gl falso (unauthentic) · de falsch (unauthentic) · id palsu (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · vi giả (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · it falso (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · bg фалшив (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · fr contrefait (unauthentic) · ja ニセ物 (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · es guanabí (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · sco conterfait (unauthentic) · fi väärä (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ca falsificació (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · hu őszintétlen (unauthentic) · fi jäljitelty (unauthentic) · ka ყალბი (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · ms tiruan (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · fo óektaður (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) · hu megjátszott (unauthentic)

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counterfeit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkawntəˌfɪt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈkaʊn.tɚˌfɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.

Meanings

1. A non-genuine article; a fake.
   • ‘Revelation’, to a philosopher such as Plotinus, was not merely irrational: it led to second-rate counterfeits of traditional academic philosophical culture. It was as if the inhabitants of an underdeveloped country were to seek to catch up with western technology by claiming to have learnt nuclear physics through dreams and oracles. 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD, published 2013, →ISBN, page 53:
   • Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
   • Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals. 1878, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Francis Atterbury”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition:
2. One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
3. (obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
   • Thou drawest a counterfeit / Best in all Athens. c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
   • Even Nature's self envied the same, / And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame / The thing itself. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
4. (obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
   • I fear thou art another counterfeit; / And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:

Forms

Translations (38)

it contraffazione (fake) · fi väärennös (fake) · af vervalsing (fake) · kw fug (fake) · pt falsificação (fake) · uk підро́бка (fake) · es contrahechura (fake) · ur جعلی (fake) · hi नक़ल (fake) · sv förfalskning (fake) · be падро́бка (fake) · th ของเก๊ (fake) · id tiruan (fake) · ja 偽物 (fake) · bg фалшификация (fake) · th ของปลอม (fake) · cmn 贗品 /赝品 (fake) · pl falsyfikat (fake) · uk фальши́вка (fake) · be фальшы́ўка (fake) · de Fälschung (fake) · nl vervalsing (fake) · hu hamisítvány (fake) · pt contrafação (fake) · it falso (fake) · km របស់ក្លែង (fake) · ja フェイク (fake) · sl ponaredek (fake) · io kontrafakturo (fake) · ru фальши́вка (fake) · it imitazione (fake) · sw bandia (fake) · fr contrefaçon (fake) · fi jäljitelmä (fake) · tl huwad (fake) · ru подде́лка (fake) · pl fałszywka (fake) · pl podróbka (fake)

wikipedia: counterfeit

counterfeit en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkawntəˌfɪt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈkaʊn.tɚˌfɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
   • to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To produce a faithful copy of.
   • The title page of White's original album includes a descriptive title page that identifies the contents as “the pictures of sondry things collected and counterfeited according to the truth," 2008, Michael Gaudio, Engraving the savage: the New World and techniques of civilization, page xii:
3. (obsolete, transitive) To feign; to mimic.
   • I again conveyed his key into his pocket, and counterfeiting sleep—though I never once closed my eyes, lay in bed till after he arose and went to prayers—an exercise to which I had long been unaccustomed. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
   • to counterfeit the voice of another person
   • Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee / At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster:
4. (qualifier:usually "be counterfeited", transitive) Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.

Forms

Deriveds

anticounterfeiting · counterfeitability · uncounterfeited · counterfeitable · counterfeitingly

Translations (36)

nl vervalsen (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · sh krivotvoriti (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · es falsificar (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · pl podrabiać (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · it falsificare (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · pl fałszować (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · af namaak (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · ur جعلسازی (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · ru подде́лывать (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · he זִיֵּף (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · pt contrafazer (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · id memalsukan (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · es contrahacer (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · nl namaken (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · fr contrefaire (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · hu hamisít (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · it contraffare (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · id meniru (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · sv förfalska (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · kw fugya (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · ru подде́лать (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · pl sfałszować (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · th ปลอม (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · fi väärentää (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · bg подправям (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · th ปลอมแปลง (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · de fälschen (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · af vervals (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · sw bandia (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · pt falsificar (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · el πλαστογραφώ (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · el παραχαράσσω (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · ca contrafer (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · ur جعل سازی (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · bg фалшифицирам (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) · pl podrobić (To produce something that appears to be official or valid)

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