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counterfeit
English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?n.t??f?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
counterfeit (not comparable)
- False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
- Inauthentic.
- Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fake
Translations
Noun
counterfeit (plural counterfeits)
- A non-genuine article; a fake.
- c.1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act II, scene 4:
- 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD (2013 reprint), ?ISBN, page 53.
- c.1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act II, scene 4:
- One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
- (obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
- 1590 Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene Book III, canto VIII:
- 1590 Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene Book III, canto VIII:
- (obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
- c.1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act V, scene 4
- c.1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act V, scene 4
Translations
Verb
counterfeit (third-person singular simple present counterfeits, present participle counterfeiting, simple past and past participle counterfeited)
- (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
- 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster
- 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster
- (transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
Derived terms
- uncounterfeited
Translations
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paper
English
Etymology
From Middle English paper, borrowed from Anglo-Norman paper, papier, from Latin pap?rus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (pápuros). Doublet of papyrus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pe?p?/
- (General American) enPR: p?'p?r, IPA(key): /?pe?p?/
- (Indian English) IPA(key): [?pe?p?(r)], [?pe?p?(r)]
- Rhymes: -e?p?(?)
Noun
paper (countable and uncountable, plural papers)
- A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- "I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. […]."
- (uncountable) Wallpaper.
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- (uncountable) Wrapping paper.
- (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
- A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
- A scholastic essay.
- (Britain) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
- (slang) Money.
- (New Zealand) A university course.
- A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
- A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
- A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
- (dated) Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.
- (dated, by extension) The people admitted by free passes.
Synonyms
- (medium used in writing): bookfell
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
paper (not comparable)
- Made of paper.
- At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.
- Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)
- 2016: Manila Standard, "Speed limiter law: A paper tiger"; Maricel Cruz
- Speed limiter law: A paper tiger
- 2016: The Australian, "China says Australia ‘is no paper tiger, only a paper cat at best’"; Rowan Callick
- It concluded that Australia was “not even a paper tiger, it’s only a paper cat at best”
- 2016: Manila Standard, "Speed limiter law: A paper tiger"; Maricel Cruz
- Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)
- 2015: Flight Global, "Airbus Helicopters to begin Arrano tests for H160 shortly"; Dominic Perr
- We have to be able to demonstrate that it is not just a paper engine but a real engine
- 2015: CBS News, "ULA unveils new rocket to replace Russian boosters"; William Harwood
- In a background teleconference hosted by SpaceX late last week, an unnamed official dismissed ULA's new booster as a "paper rocket," saying he doubted it would be significantly cheaper than ULA's current stable of launchers.
- 2010: BBC News, "Pratt & Whitney eyes global plane engine deals"; Jorn Madslien
- Ours is not a paper engine... these are real engines that are in production today
- 2010: Spaceflight Now, "Musk refutes report slamming safety standards"; Stephen Clark
- "The Ares 1 is a paper rocket that's far off in the future," Musk said. "Falcon 9 is a real rocket, most of which is at Cape Canaveral right now."
- 2015: Flight Global, "Airbus Helicopters to begin Arrano tests for H160 shortly"; Dominic Perr
- Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.
- a paper baron; a paper lord
Translations
See also
- paper tiger
Verb
paper (third-person singular simple present papers, present participle papering, simple past and past participle papered)
- (transitive) To apply paper to.
- to paper the hallway walls
- (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
- After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
- (transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.
- (transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- (transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
- (transitive) To sandpaper.
- (transitive) To enfold in paper.
- To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
First attested 1249. From Latin pap?rus (via a semi-learned route and adapted to a Catalan suffix; cf. Medieval Latin paperium), from Ancient Greek ??????? (pápuros). Paper-making was introduced to Europe by the Arabs in the Middle Ages through Italy and Spain. Compare also Old Occitan and French papier, Occitan papièr, Old French paper.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /p??pe/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa?pe?/
Noun
paper m (plural papers)
- paper
- role
Derived terms
Further reading
- “paper” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “paper” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “paper” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References
Latvian
Verb
paper
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of pap?rt
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of pap?rt
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of pap?rt
- 2rd singular imperative form of pap?rt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of pap?rt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of pap?rt
Middle English
Alternative forms
- papyre, papere, papure, papyr, papir, paupir, pauper
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman paper, from Latin pap?rus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (pápuros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?p??r/, /pa??p??r/, /?pa?p?r/, /?pap?r/, /?pa?pi?r/
Noun
paper (plural papyres)
- paper (a thin, white, and flat writing surface made of wood)
- A text, message or note; something that is written.
- A record or accounting document.
Descendants
- English: paper
- Scots: paper
References
- “pap??r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.
Old French
Alternative forms
- papere
- papir
- papire
- papier
Etymology
From Latin pap?rus (likely via a northern Italian intermediate, itself a semi-learned derivative of Medieval Latin paperium), from Ancient Greek ??????? (pápuros). Cf. the regional variant paupier. Cognate with Old Occitan papier. Compare also the Medieval Judeo-French paveil (“type of reed”), inherited from a Vulgar Latin form *papelius. Paper-making was introduced to Europe by the Arabs in the Middle Ages through Italy and Spain/Catalonia.
Noun
paper m (oblique plural papers, nominative singular papers, nominative plural paper)
- reed (plant)
- paper (for writing on, etc.)
- document
Descendants
- ? Middle English: paper
- English: paper
- French: papier
- Norman: papier, papi
References
- paper on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English paper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?peipe?/, [?pei?.pe?]
Noun
paper m (plural papers)
- paper (written document that reports scientific or academic research)
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