"deepfake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdipˌfeɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdiːpfeɪk/ [General-American] Forms: deepfakes [plural]
Etymology: Blend of deep learning + fake. Coined in 2017 by Redditor u/deepfakes (account created on September 26, 2017), who had created a technique which could convincingly swap someone's face in a video using deep learning. The r/deepfakes subreddit was created on November 2, 2017. The word was first used as a noun and verb around December 2017. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|deep learning|fake}} Blend of deep learning + fake Head templates: {{en-noun}} deepfake (plural deepfakes)
  1. (technology, neologism) A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with the use of artificial intelligence, especially one that imposes the face of one person onto the body of someone else. Tags: neologism Categories (topical): Technology Derived forms: deepfaker, deepfakery Translations (photograph or video created using artificial intelligence): diep vervalsing (Afrikaans), 深偽 (Chinese Mandarin), 深伪 (shēnwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), deepfake [masculine] (Dutch), syväväärennös (Finnish), hypertrucage [masculine] (French), Deepfake [masculine, neuter] (German), ultrafalso [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-deepfake-en-noun-p4o4GzbR Categories (other): English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdipˌfeɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdiːpfeɪk/ [General-American] Forms: deepfakes [present, singular, third-person], deepfaking [participle, present], deepfaked [participle, past], deepfaked [past]
Etymology: Blend of deep learning + fake. Coined in 2017 by Redditor u/deepfakes (account created on September 26, 2017), who had created a technique which could convincingly swap someone's face in a video using deep learning. The r/deepfakes subreddit was created on November 2, 2017. The word was first used as a noun and verb around December 2017. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|deep learning|fake}} Blend of deep learning + fake Head templates: {{en-verb}} deepfake (third-person singular simple present deepfakes, present participle deepfaking, simple past and past participle deepfaked)
  1. (transitive) To create or turn into a deepfake; to impersonate someone with a deepfake. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-deepfake-en-verb-XwQfjjgY Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 40 60

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English deepfake. Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|en|deepfake}} Unadapted borrowing from English deepfake Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} deepfake m (invariable)
  1. (neologism, technology) deepfake Tags: invariable, masculine, neologism Categories (topical): Technology

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English deepfake.",
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        "2": "#"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian indeclinable nouns",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian neologisms",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms borrowed from English",
        "Italian terms derived from English",
        "Italian terms spelled with K",
        "Italian unadapted borrowings from English",
        "it:Technology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deepfake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "technology",
          "technology"
        ],
        [
          "deepfake",
          "deepfake#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "invariable",
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        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "technology"
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}

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