Definition
The act or practice of faking something; tricks and deception used to fool people.
Etymology
From 'fake' plus the suffix '-ery' (meaning the practice or result of an action). This suffix was borrowed from Old French and is common in English nouns like 'bravery' and 'trickery'.
Kelly Says
Fakery became a major literary and philosophical theme in the 1800s as mass production allowed identical objects to be copied—suddenly 'real' became harder to define than ever before.
Translations
CACatalà
falsedat
fal-se-dat
CSČeština
podvod
po-do-vod
DADansk
bedrageri
be-dra-ge-ri
DEDeutsch
Täuschung
tœːʃʊŋ
ELΕλληνικά
ψευδής
pseu-dēs
ESEspañol
falsedad
fal-se-dad
FISuomi
väärentäminen
vää-ren-tä-mi-nen
FRFrançais
fauxsemblant
fo-sem-bl-ant
HUMagyar
hamisítás
ha-mi-si-ta-s
IDBahasa Indonesia
penipuan
pe-ni-pu-an
ITItaliano
falsità
fal-si-tà
KKKK
ақылсыздан
a-kyyl-syz-dan
KMKM
ការប្រាក់
ka-r bra-k
MRMR
खोटेपणा
kho-te-pa-na
MSBahasa Melayu
penipuan
pe-ni-pu-an
NONorsk
bedrageri
be-dra-ge-ri
PLPolski
oszustwo
o-shust-wo
PTPortuguês
falsificação
fal-si-fi-ka-ção
RORomână
înfăcătură
in-fă-că-tură
SVSvenska
bedrägeri
be-d rä-ge-ri
SWKiswahili
udang-udang
u-dang u-dang
TAதமிழ்
மயக்கம்
ma-ya-kam
THไทย
การปลอมแปลง
ka-ran plom-paeng
TLTL
pagpapanggap
pa-ga-pa-gang-gap
TRTürkçe
sahtecilik
sah-te-ci-lik
UKУкраїнська
підробка
pid-ro-ba
VITiếng Việt
sự giả mạo
su-gi-a-mao
ZUZU
ukuthula
u-ku-thu-la