contrefaçon
French
editEtymology
editBased on the verb contrefaire. Composed of contre- + façon (the latter taken as a noun counterpart to faire).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editcontrefaçon f (plural contrefaçons)
- counterfeit; forgery (a fake)
- counterfeiting; forgery (the action of faking something)
Further reading
edit- “contrefaçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.