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Noun [Danish]

IPA: [ˈfɛjɡ̊ ˈnjuːs]
Etymology: Borrowed from English fake news. First sense popularized (in Danish) in connection with the 2016 US presidential election. Second sense popularized by Norm Macdonald as Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live. Etymology templates: {{bor|da|en|fake news}} English fake news Head templates: {{head|da|noun||{{{1}}}||{{{sg-def-2}}}||||fake news||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=|g2=|head=fake news}} fake news, {{da-noun|head=fake news}} fake news
  1. news stories with false information, deliberately created to misinform
    Sense id: en-fake_news-da-noun-R4gK0ySn Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. satirical news stories, intended to amuse
    Sense id: en-fake_news-da-noun-WIO5uYYw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: postfaktuel, propaganda

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /feːk ˈnjuːs/, /feːk ˈniu̯s/
Etymology: Borrowed from English fake news. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|en|fake news}} English fake news Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-|-|nolinkhead=1}} fake news n (uncountable, no diminutive)
  1. disinformation or propaganda presented as news Tags: neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable Synonyms: nepnieuws
    Sense id: en-fake_news-nl-noun-gnCe8M3x Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fake news (uncountable)
  1. Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: propaganda Hypernyms: disinformation Coordinate_terms: junk food news, junk news, ;, misinformation Translations (hoax): Falschnachricht [feminine] (German), Fake News [feminine] (German), 가짜뉴스 (gajjanyuseu) (Korean), noticia falsa [feminine] (Spanish), noticia falseada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fake_news-en-noun-qYbVTdAT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 29 13 45 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 9 49 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'hoax': 64 36
  2. Satirical news stories, intended to amuse. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-fake_news-en-noun-Pu-XontF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: POFMA
Categories (other): Media Disambiguation of Media: 0 0

Noun [French]

IPA: /fejk njuz/, /fɛk njuz/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-fake news.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-fake news.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from English fake news. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|fake news}} Borrowed from English fake news Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|#|nolinkhead=1}} fake news f (invariable)
  1. disinformation or propaganda presented as news Tags: feminine, invariable Synonyms: infox, intox
    Sense id: en-fake_news-fr-noun-gnCe8M3x Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈfej.ki ˈniws/ [Brazil], [ˈfeɪ̯.ki ˈniʊ̯s] [Brazil], /ˈfej.ki ˈniws/ [Brazil], [ˈfeɪ̯.ki ˈniʊ̯s] [Brazil], /ˈfej.ki ˈniwʃ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈfeɪ̯.ki ˈniʊ̯ʃ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈfej.ke ˈniws/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈfeɪ̯.ke ˈniʊ̯s] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈfɐj.kɨ ˈniwʃ/ [Portugal], /ˈfɐj.kɨ ˈniwʃ/ [Portugal], /ˈfej.kɨ ˈniwʃ/ [Northern, Portugal], /ˈfej.kɨ ˈniwʃ/ [Central, Portugal], /ˈfe.kɨ ˈniwʃ/ [Portugal, Southern]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English fake news. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|fake news}} Unadapted borrowing from English fake news Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|#|nolinkhead=1}} fake news f (invariable)
  1. fake news: disinformation or propaganda presented as news Tags: feminine, invariable Related terms: fake
    Sense id: en-fake_news-pt-noun-xWS0jyIl Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header
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