Dictionary

fabricate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈfæb.ɹəˌkeɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈfɛb.ɹə.kæɪt/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.kæɪt/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English fabricaten (“to fashion, make”), from Latin fabricātus, perfect active participle of fabricor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fabrica (“a fabric, building”) + -or (verb-forming suffix); see fabric and forge. Cognate with French fabriquer.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
   • The bronze that formerly ornamented this temple was made use of to fabricate the baldachin of St Peter's. 1908, Major W. E Frye, After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819:
   • to fabricate a bridge or ship
2. (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
   • The omni-tool itself is a combination computer and general-purpose engineering device that fabricates tools and equipment as needed. It acts as a translator, computer, holographic recorder and player, full translation software, and can create lockpicks and any other equipment needed to use a character's skills. An omni-tool can be upgraded with a number of options. 2012 June, Stew Wilson, “Mass Effecting the Thousand Suns”, in RPG Review, number 16, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50:
   • to fabricate computer chips
   • Planar metamaterials with subwavelength thickness, or metasurfaces, consisting of single-layer or few-layer stacks of planar structures, can be readily fabricated using lithography and nanoprinting methods, and the ultrathin thickness in the wave propagation direction can greatly suppress the undesirable losses. 2016, Hou-Tong Chen, Antoinette J Taylor, Nanfang Yu, “A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications”, in arXiv:
3. (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
   • Both sites, with their ad-laden interfaces emphasizing information about pregnancy, baby names, celebrity moms, and family fun, reflect pervasive concerns about the roles that adults, particularly women, play in creating the conditions of childhood. These concerns are illustrated by the desire of the aforementioned mom-bloggers to curate extraordinary adult memories for their children by fabricating a mythical period of wide-eyed wonder and magical moments. 2019 February 1, J. C. Garden, “Interrogating innocence: “Childhood” as exclusionary social practice”, in Childhood, volume 26, number 1, page 55:
   • to fabricate a lie or story
4. (transitive) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

Forms

Deriveds

refabricate · biofabricate · prefabricate · nanofabricate · fabricatory · microfabricate

Relateds

misfabricate · fabric · fabrication · fabricator

Synonyms

make up · confabulate · invent · manufacture · manufacture · manufacture · trump up · cook up

Translations (81)

io fabrikar (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · nl fabriceren (form by art and labor; manufacture) · fi valmistaa (form by art and labor; manufacture) · es fabricar (form by art and labor; manufacture) · it fabbricare (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · hu kohol (invent and form; forge) · ar لَفَّقَ (invent and form; forge) · cmn 製成 /制成 (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · ru постро́ить (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · tr üretmek; yapmak (form by art and labor; manufacture) · hu összeszerel (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · de fabrizieren (invent and form; forge) · fr fabriquer (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · ro inventa (invent and form; forge) · ru сфабрикова́ть (invent and form; forge) · ru произвести́ (form by art and labor; manufacture) · tr kurmak (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · bg конструирам (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · it confezionare (invent and form; forge) · ru конструи́ровать (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · ar اِفْتَرَى (invent and form; forge) · ja でっちあげる (invent and form; forge) · nl fabriceren (invent and form; forge) · de fabrizieren (form by art and labor; manufacture) · ru фабрикова́ть (invent and form; forge) · ga cum (invent and form; forge) · es fabricar (invent and form; forge) · hu fabrikál (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · bg строя (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · acw افترى (invent and form; forge) · de erzeugen (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · ru стро́ить (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · fr fabriquer (invent and form; forge) · de herstellen (form by art and labor; manufacture) · fi rakentaa (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · cmn 屠宰 (cut up an animal for cooking) · it produrre (form by art and labor; manufacture) · hu gyárt (form by art and labor; manufacture) · hu kitalál (invent and form; forge) · hu fabrikál (invent and form; forge) · lij fabricâ (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · it costruire (invent and form; forge) · de erzeugen (invent and form; forge) · acw لَفَّق (invent and form; forge) · it fabbricare (invent and form; forge) · cmn 捏造 (invent and form; forge) · fr fabriquer (form by art and labor; manufacture) · ar وَضَعَ (invent and form; forge) · he בָּדָה (invent and form; forge) · de fabrizieren (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · cmn 製作 /制作 (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · hu készít (form by art and labor; manufacture) · cmn 偽造 /伪造 (invent and form; forge) · it inventare (invent and form; forge) · io fabrikar (form by art and labor; manufacture) · tr uydurmak; sahtesini yapmak (invent and form; forge) · ar اِخْتَلَقَ (invent and form; forge) · hu előállít (form by art and labor; manufacture) · ru производи́ть (form by art and labor; manufacture) · bg изфабрикувам (invent and form; forge) · hu kiagyal (invent and form; forge) · ja 捏造する (invent and form; forge) · ta கதை விடு (invent and form; forge) · bg произвеждам (form by art and labor; manufacture) · fi väärentää (invent and form; forge) · cmn 切碎 (cut up an animal for cooking) · de erzeugen (form by art and labor; manufacture) · cmn 製成 /制成 (form by art and labor; manufacture) · cmn 製作 /制作 (form by art and labor; manufacture) · hu elkészít (form by art and labor; manufacture) · cmn 編造 /编造 (invent and form; forge) · he פִבְּרֵק (invent and form; forge) · fr controuver (invent and form; forge) · de herstellen (invent and form; forge) · fi paloitella (cut up an animal for cooking) · ru сконструи́ровать (form into a whole by uniting its parts) · tr kesmek; küçük parçalara ayırmak (cut up an animal for cooking) · ota دوزمك (invent and form; forge) · it fabbricare (form by art and labor; manufacture) · bg фабрикувам (form by art and labor; manufacture) · de anfertigen (invent and form; forge)