fabrication
/ˌfæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/fa-brih-KAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌfæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/fa-brih-KAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of fabricating
Common meaning: making
Other meanings: a made-up story
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- fabra craftsman; a workshopLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 712 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
Journey through time
- Latinfaber; fabrica‘a craftsman’
- Englishfabricate‘to make’
- Englishformed in English from fabricatefabrication‘making’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from fabricate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FABRICATE, p.201 · scan
Roots
- faber; fabrica Latin “a craftsman; a workshop”
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