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faux

/foʊ/

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What does faux mean?

adjective

  1. Fake or artificial.

noun

  1. singular of fauces

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/foʊ/

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A sledging cook will often make a disagreeable faux pas by extinguishing the primus in the preparation of hoosh.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
I have interrogated my brother with regard to the information which you desire on the subject of the Faux family.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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Les faux témoignages des enfants devant la justice.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
A faux pas is where the organizer has "slipped" on his job; lack of tact implies in part a rigid organizing energy, neither plastic nor versatile enough.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
Even if we suppose two provinces (one on each side) to be of equal value, we shall always lose more by the one which the enemy takes from us than we can gain by the one we take, because a number of our forces become to a certain extent like faux frais, non-effective.
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946