counterfeit

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• General-American: /ˈkaʊn.tɚˌfɪt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkawntəˌfɪt/
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From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.

182 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vervalsing — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Afrikaans: vals — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Azerbaijani: qəlp — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Bashkir: ялған (yalğan) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Bulgarian: фалшив (falšiv) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Catalan: falsificació — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Chinese Mandarin: 假冒 (jiǎmào) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Cornish: fug — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Dutch: namaak — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Dutch: nep — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Esperanto: falsigita — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Faroese: eftirgjørdur — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Faroese: óektaður — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Faroese: falsaður — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Faroese: falskur — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Finnish: väärennetty — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Finnish: väärä — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• French: contrefait — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Galician: falsificado — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Georgian: ყალბი (q̇albi) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• German: gefälscht — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• German: nachgemacht — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• German: unecht — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• German: Falsch- — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Greek: πλαστός (plastós) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Greek: κίβδηλος (kívdilos) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Ancient Greek: κίβδηλος (kíbdēlos) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Ancient Greek: πλαστός (plastós) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Hebrew: מזויף (mezuyáf) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Hindi: खोटा (khoṭā) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Hindi: जाली (jālī) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Hungarian: hamis — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Hungarian: hamisított — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Ido: kontrafaktar — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Indonesian: palsu — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Italian: contraffazione — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Italian: falso — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Kazakh: контрафактілік (kontrafaktılık) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Khmer: ក្លែងក្លាយ (klaeng klaay) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Malay: tiruan — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Persian: جعلی (ja'li) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Polish: sfałszowany — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Polish: podrobiony — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Portuguese: falsificado — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Portuguese: réplica — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Russian: подде́льный (poddélʹnyj) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Russian: фальши́вый (falʹšívyj) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Russian: контрафа́ктный (kontrafáktnyj) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Sanskrit: प्रातिरूपिक (prātirūpika) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: contrahecho — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: falsificado — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: trucho — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: de similor — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: bamba — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: chimbo — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: wanabí — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: guanabí — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: pretencioso — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: aparentador — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: pretensioso — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Spanish: wannabi — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Swahili: bandia — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Swedish: förfalskad — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Swedish: falsk — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Thai: ปลอม (bplɔɔm) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Thai: เก๊ (gée) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Turkish: sahte — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Ottoman Turkish: یالان (yalan) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Ottoman Turkish: یالانجی (yalancı) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Ottoman Turkish: ساخته (sahte) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Urdu: جعلی (ja'alī) — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Vietnamese: giả — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Vietnamese: giả mạo — intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine
• Afrikaans: vervals — unauthentic
• Bashkir: ялған (yalğan) — unauthentic
• Bulgarian: подправен (podpraven) — unauthentic
• Bulgarian: фалшив (falšiv) — unauthentic
• Cornish: fug — unauthentic
• Dutch: vervalst — unauthentic
• Finnish: väärennetty — unauthentic
• Finnish: jäljitelty — unauthentic
• French: contrefait — unauthentic
• Galician: falso — unauthentic
• Georgian: ყალბი (q̇albi) — unauthentic
• German: falsch — unauthentic
• Greek: ψεύτικος (pséftikos) — unauthentic
• Hungarian: színlelt — unauthentic
• Hungarian: őszintétlen — unauthentic
• Hungarian: tettetett — unauthentic
• Hungarian: megjátszott — unauthentic
• Hungarian: talmi — unauthentic
• Italian: contraffazione — unauthentic
• Italian: falso — unauthentic
• Portuguese: falso — unauthentic
• Russian: подде́льный (poddélʹnyj) — unauthentic
• Russian: фальши́вый (falʹšívyj) — unauthentic
• Russian: контрафа́ктный (kontrafáktnyj) — unauthentic
• Scots: conterfait — unauthentic
• Serbo-Croatian: лажан — unauthentic
• Serbo-Croatian: неаутентичан — unauthentic
• Serbo-Croatian: lažan — unauthentic
• Serbo-Croatian: neautentičan — unauthentic
• Slovene: ponarejen — unauthentic
• Spanish: contrahecho — unauthentic
• Swahili: bandia — unauthentic
• Swedish: falsk — unauthentic
• Thai: จอมปลอม — unauthentic
• Ottoman Turkish: یالان (yalan) — unauthentic
• Afrikaans: vervalsing — fake
• Belarusian: падро́бка (padróbka) — fake
• Belarusian: фальшы́ўка (falʹšýwka) — fake
• Bulgarian: фалшификация (falšifikacija) — fake
• Chinese Mandarin: 贗品 /赝品 (yànpǐn) — fake
• Cornish: fug — fake
• Dutch: vervalsing — fake
• Finnish: väärennös — fake
• Finnish: jäljitelmä — fake
• French: contrefaçon — fake
• German: Fälschung — fake
• Hindi: नक़ल (naqal) — fake
• Hungarian: hamisítvány — fake
• Ido: kontrafakturo — fake
• Indonesian: tiruan — fake
• Italian: contraffazione — fake
• Italian: falso — fake
• Italian: imitazione — fake
• Japanese: 偽物 (nisemono) — fake
• Japanese: フェイク (feiku) — fake
• Khmer: របស់ក្លែង (rɔbɑh klaeng) — fake
• Polish: falsyfikat — fake
• Polish: podróbka — fake
• Polish: fałszywka — fake
• Portuguese: contrafação — fake
• Portuguese: falsificação — fake
• Russian: подде́лка (poddélka) — fake
• Russian: фальши́вка (falʹšívka) — fake
• Slovene: ponaredek — fake
• Spanish: contrahechura — fake
• Swahili: bandia — fake
• Swedish: förfalskning — fake
• Tagalog: huwad — fake
• Thai: ของปลอม — fake
• Thai: ของเก๊ — fake
• Ukrainian: підро́бка (pidróbka) — fake
• Ukrainian: фальши́вка (falʹšývka) — fake
• Urdu: جعلی (ja'alī) — fake
• Afrikaans: namaak — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Afrikaans: vervals — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Bulgarian: подправям (podpravjam) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Bulgarian: фалшифицирам (falšificiram) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Catalan: contrafer — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Cornish: fugya — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Dutch: vervalsen — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Dutch: namaken — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Finnish: väärentää — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• French: contrefaire — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• German: fälschen — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Greek: πλαστογραφώ (plastografó) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Greek: παραχαράσσω (paracharásso) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Hebrew: זִיֵּף (ziyyéf) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Hungarian: hamisít — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Indonesian: memalsukan — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Indonesian: meniru — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Italian: contraffare — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Italian: falsificare — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Polish: fałszować — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Polish: sfałszować — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Polish: podrabiać — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Polish: podrobić — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Portuguese: contrafazer — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Portuguese: falsificar — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Russian: подде́лывать (poddélyvatʹ) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Russian: подде́лать (poddélatʹ) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Serbo-Croatian: krivotvoriti — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Spanish: falsificar — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Spanish: contrahacer — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Swahili: bandia — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Swedish: förfalska — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Thai: ปลอมแปลง — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Thai: ปลอม (bplɔɔm) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Urdu: جعلسازی (ja'alsāzī) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid
• Urdu: جعل سازی (ja'al sāzī) — To produce something that appears to be official or valid