fabricate

English

Etymology

From Latin fabricātus, perfect passive participle of fabricor, fabricō (“build, forge”), from fabrica (“a fabric, building, etc.”); see fabric and forge. Compare with French fabrique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated)

1. (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.

   to fabricate a bridge or ship

2. (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.

   to fabricate computer chips

3. (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.

   to fabricate a lie or story

4. (transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

Synonyms

• confabulate, cook up, invent, make up, manufacture, trump up

Related terms

• fabrication
• fabricator
• misfabricate

 

Translations

form into a whole by uniting its parts

• Bulgarian: строя (bg) (stroja), конструирам (bg) (konstruiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 製作せいさく／制作せいさく (zh) (zhìzuò), 製せい成なり／制せい成なり (zh) (zhìchéng)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rakentaa (fi)
• French: fabriquer (fr)
• German: fabrizieren (de), erzeugen (de)
• Hungarian: összeszerel (hu), fabrikál (hu)
• Ido: fabrikar (io)
• Italian: fabbricare (it)
• Russian: стро́ить (ru) impf (stróitʹ), постро́ить (ru) pf (postróitʹ), конструи́ровать (ru) impf (konstruírovatʹ), сконструи́ровать (ru) pf (skonstruírovatʹ)
• Turkish: kurmak (tr)

form by art and labor; manufacture

• Bulgarian: произвеждам (bg) (proizveždam), фабрикувам (bg) (fabrikuvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 製作せいさく／制作せいさく (zh) (zhìzuò), 製作せいさく／制作せいさく (zh) (zhìzuò), 製せい成なり／制せい成なり (zh) (zhìchéng)

• Dutch: fabriceren (nl)
• Finnish: valmistaa (fi)
• French: fabriquer (fr)
• German: fabrizieren (de), herstellen (de), erzeugen (de)
• Hungarian: gyárt (hu), készít (hu), elkészít (hu), előállít (hu)
• Ido: fabrikar (io)
• Italian: fabbricare (it), produrre (it)
• Russian: производи́ть (ru) impf (proizvodítʹ), произвести́ (ru) pf (proizvestí)
• Turkish: üretmek; yapmak

invent and form; forge

• Arabic: اِفْتَرَى (iftarā), اِخْتَلَقَ (iḵtalaqa), لَفَّقَ (laffaqa), وَضَعَ (ar) (waḍaʕa)

  Hijazi Arabic: افترى (aftara), لَفَّق (laffag)

• Bulgarian: изфабрикувам (bg) (izfabrikuvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捏造ねつぞう (zh) (niēzào), 偽造ぎぞう／伪造 (zh) (wěizào), 編へん造づくり／编造 (zh) (biānzào)

• Dutch: fabriceren (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: väärentää (fi)
• French: controuver (fr), fabriquer (fr)
• German: fabrizieren (de), herstellen (de), erzeugen (de), anfertigen (de)
• Hebrew: פִבְּרֵק (fibréq), בָּדָה (he) (badá)
• Hungarian: kiagyal (hu), kitalál (hu), fabrikál (hu), kohol (hu)
• Irish: cum
• Italian: fabbricare (it), costruire (it), confezionare (it), inventare (it)
• Japanese: 捏造ねつぞうする (ja) (ねつぞうする, netsuzō suru), でっちあげる (ja) (detchiageru)
• Romanian: inventa (ro)
• Russian: фабрикова́ть (ru) impf (fabrikovátʹ), сфабрикова́ть (ru) pf (sfabrikovátʹ)
• Spanish: inventar (es)
• Turkish: uydurmak; sahtesini yapmak

cut up an animal for cooking

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 切きり碎 (zh) (qiēsuì), 屠ほふ宰おさむ (zh) (túzǎi)

• Finnish: paloitella (fi)
• Turkish: kesmek; küçük parçalara ayırmak

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} fabbricare (it)
• Kyrgyz: ^{(please verify)} калп нерсени ойлоп чыгаруу (ky) (kalp nerseni oylop cıgaruu), ^{(please verify)} жалгоо (ky) (jalgoo)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} fabricar (es)

Further reading

• “fabricate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “fabricate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

fabricāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fabricō

Spanish

Verb

fabricate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fabricar combined with te