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say it: KOWN-tur-fit
counterfeit is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "a copy that is represented as the original". It is pronounced /ˈkaʊntɚˌfɪt/ — KOWN-tur-fit. It carries 3 recorded senses.
not genuine; imitating something superior
“counterfeit emotion”
“counterfeit money”
“counterfeit works of art”
“a counterfeit prince”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for counterfeit come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.