French Conversation · Level 143
30 words
French word
forger
Pronunciation
IPA/fɔʁʒe/
Meaning
- verbforge
Example
Il a forgé des papiers.
He forged documents.
More examples
La police a découvert qu'il avait forgé des billets.
The police discovered that he had forged banknotes.
Core concept
A worker deliberately hammering something into existence, with the same image extending to identities, relationships, and false documents.
Common phrases
forger une signature
forge a signature
forger un document officiel
forge an official document
forger des billets
forge banknotes
Similar words
falsifier: Fraudulently change the contents of a document or record to seem authentic.
fabriquer: Make a product by putting materials or components together.
contrefaire: Produce convincing fake goods or banknotes to circulate illegally.
créer: Devise and make a new thing or artistic work.
Definition in French
Créer ou inventer quelque chose de manière volontaire, au sens littéral façonner du métal comme au sens figuré falsifier des documents ou forger une réputation.
Word origin
The verb developed from the craft sense inherited through Old French forgier from Latin fabricare, to make or fashion.
Usage tips
- Forger can have a constructive sense in forger une amitié or forger son caractère, not only the negative sense of falsifying something.
Opposites
- authentifierauthenticateverb
- certifiercertifyverb
Related words
- forgéforgedadjective