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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfalsificação
Pronunciation / Transliteration: falsificação
"A polícia confiscou mercadorias de falsificação."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A fraudulent imitation of something else; a forgery.
"The painting was exposed as a clever counterfeit."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French 'contrefait', past participle of 'contrefaire', meaning 'to copy' or 'to imitate' (from Latin 'contra-' against + 'facere' to make). Entering Middle English in the 14th century, the term shifted from a neutral meaning of copying to specifically denote fraudulent imitation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Counterfeit" is said worldwide
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contrefaçon
Transliteration: contrefaçon
"La police a saisi des produits de contrefaçon."
Fälschung
Transliteration: Fälschung
"Diese Banknote ist eine geschickte Fälschung."
contraffazione
Transliteration: contraffazione
"Il quadro si è rivelato una contraffazione."
falsificación
Transliteration: falsificación
"El billete resultó ser una falsificación."
falsificação
Transliteration: falsificação
"A polícia confiscou mercadorias de falsificação."
नकली
Transliteration: nakli
"यह नोट नकली है।"
伪造品
Transliteration: wěizàopǐn
"这幅画被证明是伪造品。"
위조품
Transliteration: wijopum
"그 지폐는 정교한 위조품이었다."
偽造品
Transliteration: gizōhin
"その絵は巧妙な偽造品だった。"
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