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• ersatz — is a German loanword meaning ‘a substitute or imitation’ and is first recorded in English in 1875. It is still used, often in attributive position (before a noun, e.g. ersatz coffee / an ersatz culture), and is pronounced in a somewhat non… …   Modern English usage

• ersatz — [[t]e͟ə(r)zæts[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe something as ersatz, you dislike it because it is not genuine and is a poor imitation of something better. [WRITTEN] ...an ersatz Victorian shopping precinct... The ersatz… …   English dictionary

• ersatz —    (EHR zahts) [German: substitute] Describing anything artificial or synthetic; usually associated with the substitutes for coffee and other natural substances that were in short supply in Germany during both world wars.    old people queueing… …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

• ersatz — /er zahts, sahts, er zahts , sahts /, adj. 1. serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial: an ersatz coffee made from grain. n. 2. an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute. [1870 75; < G… …   Universalium

• ersatz — er|satz [ er,zæts ] adjective 1. ) used instead of something better or more expensive: ersatz coffee 2. ) not real or sincere: an ersatz controversy …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ersatz — UK [ˈeə(r)zæts] / US [ˈerˌzæts] adjective 1) used instead of something better or more expensive ersatz coffee 2) not real or sincere an ersatz controversy …   English dictionary

• ersatz — er•satz [[t]ˈɛr zɑts, sɑts, ɛrˈzɑts, ˈsɑts[/t]] adj. 1) serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial: ersatz coffee made from grain[/ex] 2) an artificial substitute for something natural or genuine • Etymology: 1870–75; < G Ersatz a… …   From formal English to slang

• ersatz — 1. adjective /ˈɜːsæts,ˈɝsæts/ Made in imitation; artificial, especially of an inferior quality. Back then, we could only get ersatz coffee. Syn: artificial, faux, imitation …   Wiktionary

• ersatz — er|satz [ˈeəzæts US ˈerza:ts] adj [usually before noun] [Date: 1800 1900; : German; Origin: something used instead of something else ] artificial, and not as good as the real thing ▪ ersatz coffee …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ersatz — adjective (usually before noun) artificial, and not as good as the real thing: ersatz coffee …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ersatz — adjective ersatz coffee Syn: artificial, substitute, imitation, synthetic, fake, false, faux, mock, simulated; pseudo, sham, bogus, spurious, counterfeit; manufactured, man made; informal phony, wannabe See note at …   Thesaurus of popular words