🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

fabrication

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fabrication

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fabrication/ˌfæb.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Cette rumeur est une pure fabrication."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of manufacturing or inventing something.

    "The company specializes in the fabrication of steel structures."
  2. 2

    A falsehood or invention; a made-up story.

    "His entire testimony was a complete fabrication."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'fabrication' originates from the Latin 'fabricatio', meaning 'a making or construction', derived from 'fabrica', which refers to a workshop or craft. The term evolved through Old French before entering English in the late 15th century, where it took on connotations of both creation and deceit.

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