fraude

See also: fraudé and fraŭde

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch fraude, from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus, fraudem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɑu̯.də/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: frau‧de
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯də

Noun

fraude f (plural fraudes, diminutive fraudetje n)

  1. fraud
    De politie onderzoekt een geval van fraude.The police are investigating a case of fraud.
    Financiële fraude kan leiden tot zware straffen.Financial fraud can lead to severe penalties.
    Fraude in verkiezingen ondermijnt de democratie.Fraud in elections undermines democracy.

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Descendants

  • Indonesian: fraude

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French and Old French fraude (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin fraus, fraudem.

Noun

fraude f (plural fraudes)

  1. fraud
  2. (education) cheating
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fraude

  1. inflection of frauder:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

frauda (fraudulent) +‎ -e

Adverb

fraude

  1. fraudulently

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fraude.

Noun

fraude (plural fraude-fraude)

  1. fraud

Interlingua

Noun

fraude (plural fraudes)

  1. fraud

Latin

Noun

fraude

  1. ablative singular of fraus

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French fraude, itself borrowed from Latin fraus, fraudem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrau̯d(ə)/

Noun

fraude (plural fraudes)

  1. Deceptiveness, fraudulence; a tendency to be fraudulent or deceptive.
  2. A lie or untruth; an instance or example of fraudulence or deception.
  3. A motivation or purpose that one is being deceptive or misleading about.
  4. Fraud as a legal act; the usage of deception or fraudulence.

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Descendants

References

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fraude (deception, fraud), from Latin fraus, fraudem (cheating, deceit, guile, fraud).

Noun

fraude f (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey) smuggling

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾaw.de/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.de]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾaw.dɨ/ [ˈfɾaw.ðɨ]

  • Rhymes: -awdɨ, -awdʒi
  • Hyphenation: frau‧de

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fraudem.[1][2]

Noun

fraude f (plural fraudes)

  1. fraud (an act of deception)
    Synonyms: falcatrua, logro
  2. hoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
    Synonym: embustice

Etymology 2

Verb

fraude

  1. inflection of fraudar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ fraude”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ fraude”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fraudem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾaude/ [ˈfɾau̯.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -aude
  • Syllabification: frau‧de

Noun

fraude m (plural fraudes)

  1. fraud
    Synonym: estafa
    • 2025 June 7, Jeanne Sahadi, “El DOGE acaba de recibir luz verde para acceder a tus datos del Seguro Social. ¿Qué significa?”, in CNN en Español[1]:
      Mientras que un tribunal federal inferior había bloqueado los esfuerzos del DOGE para acceder a dichos datos —que argumentó que necesita para reducir el despilfarro, el fraude y el abuso— la Corte Suprema levantó esa orden el viernes, permitiendo al DOGE acceder a los datos por ahora.
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