HOW TO PRONOUNCE
facade
/fəˈsɑd/
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The c has an s sound.
Begin with a relaxed vowel and give the second syllable the main stress. Facade has two syllables and a silent final e.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The building's facade needs repair.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does facade mean?
noun
- The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
- The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
- (figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
More meanings (2)
noun
- An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
verb
- (figuratively, rare) To cover or disguise an outward appearance.
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IPA pronunciation
/fəˈsɑd/
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As he crossed the street he cast his eyes upward at the facade of Mrs. Schiller's house.
Shaded by a ledge of rock, beneath a facade of columnar lava, we ate our dinner.
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A shout seemed to shake the very facade of mansions and two stones flew, one breaking a window above the balcony.
Seymour had pretty nearly satisfied himself in that rich facade; certainly Lapham had not stinted him of the means.
Several were rather remarkable; one for its exquisite series of stratification lines, another for its facade in stucco, and a third for its overhanging cornice fringed with slender icicles.