# fraude
## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

fraude f (plural fraudes, diminutive fraudetje n)
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* acquisitiefraude
* belastingfraude
* beleggingsfraude
* beursfraude
* bouwfraude
* examenfraude
* fraudeonderzoek
* fraudespecialist
* fraudezaak
* identiteitsfraude
* internetfraude
* verkiezingsfraude
* verzekeringsfraude
* wetenschapsfraude

#### Related terms

* frauderen
* fraudeur
* frauduleus

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: fraude

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fʁod/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: fraudent, fraudes

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

fraude f (plural fraudes)
* fraud
* (education) cheating

##### Derived terms

* fraude fiscale

##### Related terms

* frauder
* fraudeur

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fraude
* inflection of frauder:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular present imperative

### Further reading

* “fraude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Ido
### Etymology

frauda (“fraudulent”) +‎ -e

### Adverb

fraude
* fraudulently

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch fraude.

### Noun

fraude (plural fraude-fraude)
* fraud

## Interlingua
### Noun

fraude (plural fraudes)
* fraud

## Latin
### Noun

fraude
* ablative singular of fraus

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* ffraude, frawde

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfrau̯d(ə)/

### Noun

fraude (plural fraudes)
* Deceptiveness, fraudulence; a tendency to be fraudulent or deceptive.
* A lie or untruth; an instance or example of fraudulence or deception.
* A motivation or purpose that one is being deceptive or misleading about.
* Fraud as a legal act; the usage of deception or fraudulence.

#### Derived terms

* fraudulent
* fraudulently

#### Descendants

* English: fraud

#### References

* “fraude, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-06.

## Norman
### Etymology

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

### Noun

fraude f (uncountable)
* (Jersey) smuggling

#### Derived terms

* faithe la fraude, frauder (“to smuggle”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾaw.de/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.de]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɾaw.dɨ/ [ˈfɾaw.ðɨ]
* Rhymes: -awdɨ, -awdʒi
* Hyphenation: frau‧de

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fraudem.

#### Noun

fraude f (plural fraudes)
* fraud (an act of deception)
    Synonyms: falcatrua, logro
* hoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
    Synonym: embustice

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fraude
* inflection of fraudar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ “fraude”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “fraude”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fraudem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾaude/ [ˈfɾau̯.ð̞e]
* Rhymes: -aude
* Syllabification: frau‧de

### Noun

fraude m (plural fraudes)
* fraud
    Synonym: estafa

#### Derived terms

* fraude electoral

#### Related terms

* defraudar

### Further reading

* “fraude”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10