fake — EN↔FR

fake /BrE feɪk

, AmE feɪk

noun

1 (jewel, work of art etc) faux m

to be a fake être un faux

the bomb was a fake c'était une fausse bombe

2 (person) imposteur m

3 US Sport feinte f

adjective

1 [fur, gem] faux/fausse; [flower] artificiel/artificielle

it's fake wood/granite c'est de l'imitation bois/granit

fake Louis XV furniture du faux Louis XV

2 [interview, trial] truqué; [emotion, smile] feint

3 (counterfeit) [passport] faux/fausse

transitive verb

1 (forge) contrefaire [signature, document]

2 informal (falsify) truquer informal [election]; falsifier [results]

3 (pretend) feindre [emotion, illness]

to fake one's way through a speech US réussir à faire illusion dans un discours

to fake it (pretend illness etc) jouer la comédie; (pretend knowledge) US bluffer informal; (ad-lib) US improviser

4 US Sport

to fake a pass feindre une passe

Phrasal verb

■ fake out informal US:

fake [sb] out,

fake out [sb]

1 Sport feinter

2 figurative feinter; bluffer informal

he really faked me out il m'a bien eu informal