noun
Meaning 1
A person who counterfeits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scratcher
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
counterfeiter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌfɪtə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who makes copies illegally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Narrower terms: coiner, paperhanger
History
Etymology
From counterfeit + -er.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُزَوِّر (muzawwir) — a person who counterfeits
- Bulgarian: фалшифика́тор (falšifikátor) — a person who counterfeits
- Catalan: contrafaedor — a person who counterfeits
- Catalan: moneder fals — a person who counterfeits
- Chinese Mandarin: 偽造者 /伪造者 (wèizàozhě) — a person who counterfeits
- Czech: penězokaz — a person who counterfeits
- Dutch: valsmunter — a person who counterfeits
- Finnish: väärentäjä — a person who counterfeits
- French: faux-monnayeur — a person who counterfeits
- French: contrefacteur — a person who counterfeits
- German: Falschmünzer — a person who counterfeits
- Greek: παραχαράκτης (paracharáktis) — a person who counterfeits
- Greek: πλαστογράφος (plastográfos) — a person who counterfeits
- Italian: contraffattore — a person who counterfeits
- Italian: falsario — a person who counterfeits
- Japanese: 偽造者 (gizōsha) — a person who counterfeits
- Korean: 위조자 (wijoja) — a person who counterfeits
- Latin: falsārius — a person who counterfeits
- Polish: fałszerz — a person who counterfeits
- Polish: fałszerka — a person who counterfeits
- Portuguese: falsificador — a person who counterfeits
- Romanian: contrafăcător — a person who counterfeits
- Romanian: falsificator — a person who counterfeits
- Russian: фальшивомоне́тчик (falʹšivomonétčik) — a person who counterfeits
- Spanish: falsificador — a person who counterfeits
- Swedish: förfalskare — a person who counterfeits
- Tagalog: manghuhuwad — a person who counterfeits
- Ukrainian: фальшивомоне́тник (falʹšyvomonétnyk) — a person who counterfeits
- Ukrainian: фальшивомоне́тчик (falʹšyvomonétčyk) — a person who counterfeits
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