fake in English: Made to look like something real, so that people are tricked. (adjective)

Translation

Made to look like something real, so that people are tricked.

Word origin

First seen in English thieves slang in the eighteenth century. Where it came from before that is not certain.

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"Fake" goes before the noun, like most adjectives.

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A fake smile is one you do not really feel.

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"Fake" often describes copies of expensive things.

real

True and not made up; something that really exists.

copy

Something made to look exactly the same as another thing. "Copy" is also a verb: to make or do the same thing.

lie

Something said that is not true.

fraud

The crime of tricking people to get money; also a person who pretends to be something they are not.

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