Hoax

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

həʊks

Definitions

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

Equivalents

27 more languages

العربيةالخدعة

Българскиизма́ма измамвам номершега́

Bosanskiblago čast lipa

Catalàengany

Češtinabouda habaďúra kachnanapálit podvést podvod žert

Cymraegcast

Ελληνικάαπάτη φάρσα

Esperantoblago mistifiko

Suomihuijata huijaus huijupetkutus

Galegoandrómena baratar boubaconto enguedello trapallada

עבריתמתח

Hrvatskiblago čast lipa

Magyarátverés kacsa tréfa

Bahasa Indonesiaberita bohong hoaks

Italianobufala frodare frodeinganno

日本語でっち上げペテンペテンに掛ける悪戯

한국어사기치다 속임수를 쓰다

Kurdîasparagas pîç

Polskibujda granda humbugkaczka dziennikarska lipa mistyfikacja mistyfikacyjny mistyfikatorski oszukać oszukiwać pic przekręcać przekręcić szalbierstwo

Portuguêsembuste embustice fraudarfraude hoax logro ludibrio

Românăfumigenă păcăli

Русскийвводи́ть в заблужде́ние мистификация обманобманывать разыграть разыгрывать розыгрыш трюк

Српскиblago čast lipa

Svenskabedra bluff lura

Tagalogtalimangmang

Türkçeasparagas

Tiếng Việtchơi khăm lừa đảo tin vịt

Examples

“The phone call ⟳ to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.”

“The news story about the pop singer coming to town, unfortunately for his fans, turned out to be a hoax.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

Hoaxed hoaxee Hoaxer Hoaxes Hoaxing Hoaxocaust

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